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Synonyms
mock (mŏk)

[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]

verb: mocked, mock·ing, mocks. 

transitive verb 

  1. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.
    1. To mimic, as in sport or derision. See synonyms at ridicule
    2. To imitate; counterfeit.
  3. To frustrate the hopes of; disappoint.

intransitive verb 

To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.

noun 

    1. The act of mocking.
    2. Mockery; derision: said it merely in mock.
  2. An object of scorn or derision.
  3. An imitation or a counterfeit.

adjective 

Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.

adverb 

In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.

derivatives

mocḱer
noun
mocḱing·ly
adverb