Synonyms for Mocking
mock·ing

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1. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, tauntingadjective

   abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

   "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

   Synonyms:
   jeering, quizzical, mocking, taunting, derisive, gibelike, teasing

   Antonyms:
   serious, respectful, unplayful, sober

2. mocking, teasing, quizzicaladjective

   playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

   "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

   Synonyms:
   nettlesome, derisive, annoying, plaguy, vexing, teasing, gibelike, galling, taunting, bothersome, jeering, plaguey, questioning, pestiferous, vexatious, pesky, quizzical, mocking, pestering, irritating

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, serious, respectful

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1. mockingadjective

   Synonyms:
   derisive, jeering, imitating, mimicking

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1. List of paraphrases for "mocking":

   kidding, out-girling, shaming

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1. Ari Fleischer:

   It tells you about the president himself, presidents can hire funny speechwriters, but for the jokes to come off well, they have to really be reflective of the president's personality. Bush, in private and in public, had a self-mocking personality, self-deprecating, full of humor.

2. Marcus Frejo:

   They went from mocking us and laughing at us to singing with us. I heard it three times, that spirit moved through us, that drum, and it slowly started to move through some of those youths.

3. David Standish:

   New Jersey is one of the best kept secrets in the United States. So, I say let the uninformed keep mocking it, those of us in the know are laughing right back at the ones making fun of it!

4. Anna Machado:

   He doesn’t deserve a bond. I don’t think so, i don’t think that’s right. I don’t care if he had no priors. I don’t care. Whatever he did, the way he executed my daughter, and he’s walking the streets like nothing and mocking people. What kind of animal is that?

5. Adam Schiff:

   I discovered something very significant by mocking the President and that is for a man who loves to mock others, he does not like to be mocked. As it turns out, he's got a pretty thin skin. Who would have thought it ? never mind that I said I wasn't using his words before I said, and I wasn't using his words after I said it, and I said I was making a parody of his words --' It's an outrage ! He mocked the President, that Schiff ! Terrible !'.