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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, 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, pestering, irritating

    Antonyms:
    unplayful, sober, serious, respectful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. mockingadjective

    Synonyms:
    derisive, jeering, imitating, mimicking

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "mocking":

    kidding, out-girling, shaming

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How to use mocking in a sentence?

  1. Jen Psaki:

    For those who choose not to, mocking them and punishing them will lead to a more divided America, furthering the discrimination we are already dealing with.

  2. Scott Levin:

    Holding an event mocking the Muslim observance of Ramadan, a holy time in the Muslim faith, is highly offensive and abhorrent. As a community, we must reject anti-Muslim bigotry whenever and wherever it surfaces.

  3. Don Lemon:

    I don't know if you can find a larger a-- than Jim Acosta. CNN has been engaging in a cover-up of violent crime for quite a while, they did it for political reasons. They did it because they wanted Biden in … Those two clowns Cuomo and Lemon were mocking people who were concerned. They were laughing about it.

  4. 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 !'.

  5. Brian Fallon:

    Trump mocking Dr. Blasey Ford at a rally makes it clear : if these so-called Senate moderates vote for Kavanaugh now, they are siding with Trump's cruelty over the bravery of a sexual assault survivor.


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