All 7 Uses of
mock
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- If you only knew, Kitty, how I seethe when they scold and mock me.†
Chpt 42-09 *
- I'd like to scream, stamp my foot, give Mother a good shaking, cry and I don't know what else because of the nasty words, mocking looks and accusations that she hurls at me day after day, piercing me like arrows from a tightly strung bow, which are nearly impossible to pull from my body.†
Chpt 43-01
- "I suppose you do it to keep your figure," he added in a mocking tone.†
Chpt 43-02
- He cuffed her back, she punched him with all her might, and Peter pulled his arm away with a look of mock horror on his face.†
Chpt 44-05
- It's almost as if she were mocking us, since our moods and cares are far from "happy.†
Chpt 44-05
- I'm afraid they'll mock me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously.†
Chpt 44-08
- You're surrounded by negative opinions, dismayed looks and mocking faces, people, who dislike you, and all because you don't listen to the advice of your own better half.†
Chpt 44-08
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.