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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
Few people had Tate mocked to go this high, especially if Arvell Reese was going to be on the board.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
Sources at the premiere’s after-party speculated about whether Wintour had given her famous friends the heads-up that they were mocked in a movie that all of Conde had come up to support.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Alabama’s Ty Simpson has been mocked to land either late in the first round or in the second round on Friday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The former housekeeper for Jenner further claims that she was mocked for her accent and degraded.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The diary writing nurtures an internal life by giving oxygen to what previously had been ephemeral, easily self-mocked as inappropriate, or troubling.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
The center said throughout all of this, Rahman faced mistreatment, was mocked by federal agents for her disabilities and was denied medical care.
—Maria Lisignoli, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump has routinely mocked his political opponents and critics as crazy or dumb.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Others mocked the outlet’s apparent unfamiliarity with the logistics of covering Congress.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
Sources at the premiere’s after-party speculated about whether Wintour had given her famous friends the heads-up that they were mocked in a movie that all of Conde had come up to support.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Alabama’s Ty Simpson has been mocked to land either late in the first round or in the second round on Friday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The former housekeeper for Jenner further claims that she was mocked for her accent and degraded.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The diary writing nurtures an internal life by giving oxygen to what previously had been ephemeral, easily self-mocked as inappropriate, or troubling.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
The center said throughout all of this, Rahman faced mistreatment, was mocked by federal agents for her disabilities and was denied medical care.
—Maria Lisignoli, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump has routinely mocked his political opponents and critics as crazy or dumb.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Others mocked the outlet’s apparent unfamiliarity with the logistics of covering Congress.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocked
Verb
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Murphy famously parodied Wonder on SNL, but the two became friends when Wonder joined him for a sketch on the show.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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This created a direct clash with golf purists — as parodied in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 — resulting in the PGA suspending golfers participating in LIV.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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For starters, as Anthropic’s explicit focus on mitigating the risks of AI has apparently won the trust of many consumers, OpenAI has imitated many of its rival’s safety initiatives.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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The tradition of throwing confetti from the stands became popular during the 1978 World Cup hosted by Argentina and was later imitated by fans around the globe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Colorectal Cancer Alliance's survey shows younger patients' symptoms often go ignored, delaying diagnosis and treatment.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Other Bennet Sister BritBox, May 6 Hadlow’s continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice imagines the fortunes of Mary Bennet, aka the boring (though not entirely ignored) one.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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 2 May. 2026.
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