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Definition of Mock |
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Mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. 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. Imitation; mimicry. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. Related Definitions: Act, An, As, Assumed, But, By, Contempt, Contemptuous, Counterfeit, Deceive, Deride, Derision, Disappoint, Expectation, False, Imitate, Imitating, Imitation, In, Jeer, Jeering, Jest, Jibe, Make, Manner, Mimic, Mimicry, Mock, Not, Of, Or, Real, Reality, Ridicule, Scorn, Scornful, Sham, Sneer, Speak, Speech, Sport, Tantalize, The, To, Treat, With |
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Mock Quotations
My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. Jim Carrey Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies? Sophocles We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. Laurence Olivier All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. Anna Quindlen To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more. Ernest Istook I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in a short time disappeared, to be soon succeeded by another similar in character, but more faint. George Grey It's all very boring to say that we get along great and all that and sometimes we mock up come aggravation to make it interesting but the truth of it is that we get along so well we've never had an argument. Dave Edmunds I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. Gary Bauer Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks. Ada Louise Huxtable |
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Mock Translations
mock in Dutch is bespotten, spotten, honen mock in Finnish is pilkata mock in German is verspotten, spotten, spotte mock in Latin is derideo, inrideo mock in Spanish is burlarse |
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