mocking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mocking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mocking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mocking adj abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" Synonym(s): derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell Synonym(s): mocking, teasing, quizzical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mocking}.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. 3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. --Milton. Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See {Deride}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mocking \Mock"ing\, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. {Mocking bird} (Zo[94]l.), a North American singing bird ({Mimus polyglottos}), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. {Mocking thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({H. rufus}). {Mocking wren} (Zo[94]l.), any American wren of the genus {Thryothorus}, esp. {T. Ludovicianus}.