Antonyms for mock
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : mok |
| Phonetic Transcription : mÉ’k |
Definition of mock
Origin :- early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.
- adj artificial, fake
- verb ridicule
- verb mimic
- verb deceive
- To treat a child wholly as an adult would be to mock and destroy it.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- "He's a bad boy," said the Bookmaker, in a tone of mock condemnation.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Meeting Casanova in the entry, he gave him precedence with mock politeness.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- Like the forfeits in a barbers shop, As much in mock as mark.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Nor were they the most horrible of those dreams in which she would help him to mock me.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- They little dream how sadly they mock and betray their own faces.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At length they rose from the verdant green, and chased each other in mock pursuit.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- I mock at everything in the world, especially feelings; and she is taking alarm.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- It may be—it IS—devoted to purposes that mock the dead in their graves.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- "She's paying for her mock composure, after all," said the matrons.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
Synonyms for mock
- affect
- ape
- apish
- assume
- beguile
- belie
- betray
- bogus
- buffoon
- burlesque
- caricature
- chaff
- challenge
- cheat
- counterfeit
- defeat
- defy
- delude
- deride
- disappoint
- ditto
- do
- double-cross
- dummy
- dupe
- elude
- ersatz
- fake
- faked
- false
- feign
- feigned
- flout
- foil
- fool
- forged
- fraudulent
- frustrate
- hoke
- hokey
- hoot
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- insult
- jape
- jeer
- juggle
- kid
- lampoon
- laugh at
- let down
- make fun of
- make-believe
- mime
- mimic
- mirror
- mislead
- needle
- parody
- phony
- poke fun at
- pretended
- pseudo
- put-on
- quasi
- rally
- rib
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- sell out
- send up
- sham
- show contempt
- simulate
- simulated
- sneer
- so-called
- spurious
- substitute
- take off
- taunt
- tease
- thumb nose at
- thwart
- travesty
- unreal
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