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mocking
 
Adjective mocking has 2 senses
  1. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
    Antonym: respectful (indirect, via disrespectful)
  2. mocking, teasing, quizzical - playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
    Antonyms: unplayful, serious, sober (indirect, via playful)
Verb mock has 2 senses
  1. mock, bemock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"
    --1 is one way to treat, handle, do by
    Derived forms: noun mocker1, noun mockery1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. mock - imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"
    --2 is one way to     imitate, copy, simulate
    Derived forms: noun mocker1, noun mock1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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