verb
- present participle of bemock; to mock, ridicule, or treat with contempt
Usage: archaic or literary
adjective
- characterized by or expressing mockery; derisive
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- The bemocking tone of his voice made it clear he did not take the proposal seriously.
- She found his bemocking attitude toward her ambitions deeply hurtful.
- The crowd's bemocking laughter echoed through the hall.
- He was bemocking the pretensions of the wealthy elite.
- Their bemocking gestures and comments were meant to humiliate him.
- The bemocking smile on her face suggested she found the situation amusing rather than tragic.