mocking

  • (s) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
    • derisive laughter
    • a jeering crowd
    • her mocking smile
    • taunting shouts of "coward" and "sissy"
    derisive, gibelike, jeering, taunting,
  • (s) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
    • "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
    quizzical, teasing,

Synonyms

derisive gibelike jeering taunting quizzical teasing

Words of close approximity

mockingbird mockingly mocking thrush