mocking
Ridiculing through mimicry
Mocking describes speech or behavior that ridicules someone, often by imitation: She repeated his words in a mocking tone.
A mocking smile or laugh conveys contempt.
To mock is to make fun of, sometimes by mimicking: The children mocked his accent.
In software development, mocking creates simulated objects that stand in for real components during testing.
Contemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
scoffing · jibes · gibes · heckling · teasing · belittling · disparaging · insulting
Stifled, scornful laughter
- sniggeringStifled, scornful chuckling
- titteringNervous, restrained laughter
- cacklingHarsh, staccato laughter
- jeeringVocal public mockery
smirking · chortling · mean-spirited · pointing · guffawing · laughingstock
Satirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
irony · sarcasm · wit · farce · send-up · skewering · roast · Swift
Copying another's behavior
- apingImitating closely
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- parodyingImitating for comic effect
- caricaturingExaggerating features humorously
impersonating · spoofing · burlesquing · exaggerating · satirizing · lampooning · copying · echoing
Scornful disregard
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
superciliousness · snideness · dismissiveness · insolence · snobbery · scornfulness · smugness · patronizing
Sound-copying songbird
- catbirdMewing gray songster
- thrasherGround-foraging mimid songbird
- songbirdMelodious perching avian
- nightingaleThrush famed for night singing
derision
Contemptuous mockery
sneering · scoffing · jibes · gibes · heckling · teasing · belittling · disparaging · insulting · needling
snickering
Stifled, scornful laughter
- sniggeringStifled, scornful chuckling
- titteringNervous, restrained laughter
- cacklingHarsh, staccato laughter
jeering · smirking · chortling · mean-spirited · pointing · guffawing · laughingstock
parody
Satirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
spoof · irony · sarcasm · wit · farce · send-up · skewering · roast · Swift · Colbert
mimicking
Copying another's behavior
caricaturing · impersonating · spoofing · burlesquing · exaggerating · satirizing · lampooning · copying · echoing · mirroring
disdain
Scornful disregard
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
superiority · superciliousness · snideness · dismissiveness · insolence · snobbery · scornfulness · smugness · patronizing · demeaning
mockingbird
Sound-copying songbird
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- disrespectinsulting, belittling, demeaning, ridiculing, scorning
- hostile behaviorsattacking, bullying, fighting, harassing, hitting
- mistreatmentbullying, harassing, intimidating, oppressing, humiliating
mockingrespectful
Showing proper regard
reverent · reverential · admiring · honoring · deferential
- mocking birdsBirds known for imitation
- mocking toneScornful manner of speaking
- mocking upCreating preliminary versions
- mocking laughScornful chuckle at someone