mocking

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

Verb

mocking

1. present participle of mock

Noun

mocking (countable and uncountable, plural mockings)

1. mockery

Adjective

mocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)

1. derisive or contemptuous
2. teasing or taunting

Translations

derisive or contemptuous

• Finnish: pilkallinen (fi), ivallinen (fi), ilkkuva (fi)
• Irish: aithriseach
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• 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
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• Italian: deridere (it), schernire (it), beffeggiare (it), dileggiare (it)

Derived terms

• mockingbird
• mocking thrush
• mocking wren