mocking

English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

Verb

mocking

present participle of mock

Noun

mocking (countable and uncountable, plural mockings)

mockery

Adjective

mocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)

derisive or contemptuous
teasing or taunting

Translations

derisive or contemptuous

Finnish: pilkallinen (fi), ivallinen (fi), ilkkuva (fi)
Irish: aithriseach

Italian: beffeggiante (it), dileggiante (it), deridente (it), burlesco (it)
Spanish: burlón (es) m, burlona (es) f, burlones (es) m pl, burlonas (es) f pl

teasing or taunting

Irish: aithriseach

Italian: deridere (it), schernire (it), beffeggiare, dileggiare (it)

Derived terms

mockingbird
mocking thrush
mocking wren

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