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mocked

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈmɑkt// UK //mˈɒkt// mocked

adj. feeling that something is silly or not worth respect. You use this to describe someone who is being teased or laughed at in an unkind way.

adj. characterised by being the object of derision or insincere imitation. Often used predicatively to describe a person's emotional state or attributively to describe an object of ridicule.


SIMPLE

He felt mocked by their constant laughter.

CONTEXTUAL

The politician felt mocked by the satirical cartoons that appeared in the national newspapers every morning.

COMPLEX

The artist’s early work was mocked by critics who failed to grasp its revolutionary intent, yet those same pieces now hang in the world's most prestigious galleries.

Synonyms
Usage

Often follows linking verbs like 'feel', 'seem', or 'look'. When used as a participial adjective, it describes the target of the ridicule rather than the person doing the teasing.

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