personating

verb

present participle of personate
as in mocking
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personating
  1. mocking
  2. impersonating
  3. playing
  4. imitating
  5. portraying
  6. acting
Verb
  • Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay’s Liberal Radical Party, posted a series of comments on X mocking the French player’s origins, upbringing, education and appearance after France won on July 4 with a penalty by Mbappé.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of mocking
Verb
  • An intern at the company began receiving messages impersonating Ghosemajumder in his first week—the result of criminals scraping LinkedIn to map a new hire’s reporting chain and identify exactly whom to imitate.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • The Idaho Attorney General’s Office is warning that scammers are impersonating city planning officials in Boise, Meridian, Nampa and Caldwell, using public permit information to create realistic fake invoices.
    — Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026
Definition of impersonating
Verb
  • Only the two teams that make the championship game playing a sixth game, but the Heat is likely out of the mix for the championship game with two losses in Las Vegas.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The excitement surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup has inspired many fans, from former players to beginners, to slide into a pair of shin guards and start playing the beautiful game.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of playing
Verb
  • In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks.
    — David Szondy July 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • Second, GenAI output can reproduce part of a creator’s work or imitating their style, free riding on the years spent developing their craft.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Athena Bitzis, now 54, of Stone Mountain, performed in the opening ceremony, portraying one of the muses in a segment honoring the ancient origins of the Olympic movement.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • The three have pushed legislation to restrict PAC donations or gifts to Supreme Court justices, portraying it as an effort to rein in elites.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
Definition of portraying
Verb
  • Pacino, who studied method acting under Strasberg, will lead a jury of actors and filmmakers, evaluating independent films and performances for the 10th edition of the festival.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • The latest announcement may buy the government a reprieve with civic groups, who have begun acting as vigilante labor inspectors, entering factories to check for foreign workers.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of acting
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