mocked

past tense of mock
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Recent Examples of mocked Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals. Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026 Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal. Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026 Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026 Kimmel mocked McConnell by posting the same exact photo on Instagram with Kimmel’s face apparently photoshopped on to McConnell’s body. Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 July 2026 The remaining readers are marginalized, mocked, and in many ways irrelevant. Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 More than 200 people were arrested in protest marches and anti-terror raids, including academics, lawyers, and journalists; a comedian who mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was held at the airport. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 Belgian coach Rudi Garcia mocked the decision as an April Fools’ joke. Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Endlessly mocked, constantly parodied, and vaguely resented, the mandarins in American civic life have no real allies or admirers. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocked
Verb
  • If there’s a cringe video of bridesmaids getting a little too close to a groom, Madison Humphrey has probably parodied it.
    Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Endlessly mocked, constantly parodied, and vaguely resented, the mandarins in American civic life have no real allies or admirers.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Dundon’s move was widely criticized — and ridiculed — after the Hurricanes on Thursday posted a picture of the engravings on social media.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Not too shabby for a man who was roundly ridiculed for his defection from LaLiga in 2007.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The group says Ensign misled courts, disobeyed court orders and failed to intervene when lawyers under his supervision engaged in misconduct.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But according to some luxury brands, authenticity is something that is often imitated but never replicated.
    James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Many are ignored, cause unnecessary delays or are dismissed as noise.
    Subba Rao Katragadda, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • That’s why the thought of moving starter Michael King, closer Mason Miller or southpaw Adrian Morejon shouldn’t be ignored if someone is willing to overpay for one of them.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Mocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocked. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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