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as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow
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as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes
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as in disobeyed
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath
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Recent Examples of mocked
In another photo obtained by TMZ, Matthews also mocked Perry’s headline-making photo of her kissing the ground following her return to Earth.
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
Elites stirred up a now familiar moral panic about commerce corrupting letters and mocked Grub Street even as its writers built the first modern freelance economy and mass-print culture.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Sarah mocked back that this kind of thing hardly existed anymore.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Tate Sandell is getting mocked for it.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump‘s multiple White House renovations, as well his inability to be normal even while giving out candy to trick or treaters.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Several viewers said the sketch needed more work to make the jokes funny, while other YouTube commenters complained about Italians being mocked.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
When told about Harvey's comments, Knight mocked her younger teammate for letting her phone fall out of her pocket while on the ice during a Women's World Cup game in April.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Even the way Mamdani eats has been mocked.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
Elites stirred up a now familiar moral panic about commerce corrupting letters and mocked Grub Street even as its writers built the first modern freelance economy and mass-print culture.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Sarah mocked back that this kind of thing hardly existed anymore.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Tate Sandell is getting mocked for it.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump‘s multiple White House renovations, as well his inability to be normal even while giving out candy to trick or treaters.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Several viewers said the sketch needed more work to make the jokes funny, while other YouTube commenters complained about Italians being mocked.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
When told about Harvey's comments, Knight mocked her younger teammate for letting her phone fall out of her pocket while on the ice during a Women's World Cup game in April.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Even the way Mamdani eats has been mocked.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocked
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Released in 2000, the first of the Wayans brothers’ Scary Movie franchise parodied popular horror, including Faris’ memorable spoof of Drew Barrymore’s Scream opener.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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In its Saturday cold open, the sketch show parodied the final New York City mayoral debate, with Miles Teller as Andrew Cuomo, Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani and Shane Gillis as Curtis Sliwa.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fear of being outed or being suspected or being made fun of, ridiculed, losing your standing.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Democrats ridiculed Vance’s performance.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Harvick said the agency gave lawful orders for the crowd to move back, which were disobeyed.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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This was neither the first nor the last time that Patton disobeyed an order.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Playing someone such as Cohn, a public and much-imitated figure, is hard enough.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Silverstone also imitated the runway look by choosing to skip a necklace.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For weeks, the FDC, from its communication staff to Secretary Mark Inch, has ignored questions from reporters about how many inmates were being tested, how many tests were coming back positive, how many were coming back negative and how many were pending.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The woman expresses frustration that her financial reality seems ignored.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Mocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocked. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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