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mocking

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noun

mocking

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verb

present participle of mock
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Recent Examples of mocking
Verb
Quad’s grievances spill over into her relationship with Heavenly, which ties into Heavenly and Quad mocking Sweet Tea on social media. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024 Naturally, the Internet lost its mind, and the scene quickly went viral, with viewers mocking and/or sharing their disbelief at Sheridan's dialogue. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024 After the show concluded back in 2019, there was a social media firestorm that spent a large amount of time mocking the show’s ending. Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Some also played soccer and waved red cards at the parliament building, mocking Kavelashvili's previous sporting career. Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024 Jackson is no stranger to mocking Combs on social media over his legal dramas and has trolled him many times. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 Some on social media have responded by expressing frustration with the health care system and celebrating or mocking the killing. Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024 Last year, he was criticized for mocking rapper Ice Spice’s ethnicity, but the two artists made amends. Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024 The film is far and away the year’s most successful documentary at the box office but has attracted criticism for mocking DEI programs as a scam. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocking
Adjective
  • Glorious Five Year Plan: Season 3 Episode 4 Soldier Boy is unleashed in this episode, going on to become many people's favourite character thanks to his brutal quips and sardonic delivery.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The killing of Thompson, whose annual compensation package exceeded $10 million, drew instant, sardonic comment from some social media users.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • At times, Phillips’ dialogue seems to be ridiculing his screenplay’s own improbability and sloppy logic gaps, as well as the genre itself.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The post was met with accounts celebrating the withdrawal and ridiculing past decisions.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Fans gave up and drew national attention for paying planes to circle the stadium with derisive banners.
    Matt Baker, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Yet Horse Crazy is one of the best American novels about obsession in part because the narrator mostly dislikes Gregory, subjecting this object of lust to the same derisive interior voice that comments on virtually every other aspect of his life.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The dog's posture in the viral clip is unsurprising because research has shown that canines are capable of imitating human actions.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Art is imitating life for Jennifer Lopez.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But should investors really be ignoring small caps in 2025?
    Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • See video … WATCH RAYMOND ARROYO – Biden rewarded murderers while ignoring the innocent and their families.
    Fox News, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • What price female solidarity and empowerment, after all, if the weapon of actualization is an abusive system, one that invariably draws Santosh into its clubby, scornful, vigilante mindset?
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Yet feeling out of place has, ironically, brought Escola even closer to their Mary Todd Lincoln, whose fear that a scornful world might keep her offstage gives the show an unexpected pathos.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Over the years, that evolved into doing complete residential interiors, and commercial work including multiple test and demonstration kitchen projects, and then product design.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This year, the 50-year-old actress reemerged as a cleaning-supplies entrepreneur, and dished on why doing dishes is her happy place.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The material is 70 percent cotton with cozy ribbing and a bit of stretch.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The hat has a timeless knitted look on the outside, with ribbing, a fold-over cuff, and a pom pom on top.
    Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Mocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocking. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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