All 5 Uses of
mock
in
Brave New World
- "They say, they say," mocked Lenina.†
p. 45..1 *
- The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects.†
p. 65..2
- The singing words mocked him derisively.†
p. 209..5
- They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision!†
p. 210..2
- They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision!†
p. 210..2
Definition:
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(mock as in: don't mock me) make fun of (ridicule--sometimes by imitating in an exaggerated manner)
or (more rarely): just to make fun or to be ridiculous without targeting anyone as a victimeditor's notes: These senses of mockery come together when a comedian pokes fun at a politician by pretending to be the politician and saying ridiculous things.