mock

/ˈmäk/

Middle English, from moker

verb

  1. to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride

  2. to disappoint the hopes of

  3. defy, challenge

he has been mocked as a mama's boy

ridicule deride mock taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling. deride suggests contemptuous and often bitter ridicule.

noun

  1. an act of ridicule or derision : jeer

  2. one that is an object of derision or scorn

  3. mockery

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation : simulated, feigned

the mock solemnity of the parody