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Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, but to mock is to make fun of or mimic someone with contempt, ridicule or derision. "Louise’s favorite pastime was to mock her brother’s inability to sing on key."

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To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

Noun
the act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him"

Verb
treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"

Verb
imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"

Adjective S.
constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle"

v. t.
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

v. t.
To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

v. t.
To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

v. i.
To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

n.
An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

n.
Imitation; mimicry.

a.
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

Mock

Mock , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death.
Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
He will not ... Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.

Mock

Mock, v. i. To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
She had mocked at his proposal.

Mock

Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Fools make a mock at sin.
2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.

Mock

Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty.
Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places. -- Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. -- Mock lead. See Blende (a). -- Mock nightingale (Zo'94l.), the European blackcap. -- Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. -- Mock sun. See Parhelion. -- Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. -- Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

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Usage Examples

Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

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Other Usage Examples

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.