"mocking" in the verb sense
1. mock, bemock
treat with contempt
"The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"
2. mock
imitate with mockery and derision
"The children mocked their handicapped classmate"
"mocking" in the adjective sense
1. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting
abusing vocally expressing contempt or ridicule
"derisive laughter"
"a jeering crowd"
"her mocking smile"
"taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
2. mocking, teasing, quizzical
playfully vexing (especially by ridicule
"his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
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