Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "mocking"
  • present participle of mock.
Definitions

mocking

[mok-ing] / ˈmɒk ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
uncivil
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

"They don't have enough land," he said, mocking Russia -- the world's largest country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Korean company and its devotees are mocking Apple for hyping a product they’ve had for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She often does it while deflecting the mocking remarks of rambunctious colleagues Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld, who try to throw off her arguments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Phillips ultimately lost his job with Collins too, this time after crudely mocking a rival political operative whose wife had accused former NBC journalist Matt Lauer of rape.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

I wondered if—for a lot of people—it was going to feel like the air had been let out of their angry protest, leaving nothing behind but a strange, empty, mocking silence.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

A #nursewho hashtag emerged on Twitter, attached both to attacks on the casting and ironic mockings of the attackers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2017

Guessing the cause, our mockings joined with those Yelled from the shipping as they towed her by.

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh

Ye may endure their mockings, and all the hard measure which ye get her, for it shall be recompensed unto them.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Blessed be God, that no taunts or mockings could so move Him, Who suffered all for our sakes.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Lady Mary Ross

The deceived maiden is cast down by the jeers and mockings of her erstwhile companions, and comforted by Siebel.

From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel




Vocabulary lists containing mocking


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training