1. to mock or ridicule; to treat with contempt or derision
Usage: archaic or literary; transitive verb

Examples

• The critics bemocked the actor's performance as overwrought and unconvincing.
• She refused to be bemocked by those who doubted her abilities.
• The crowd bemocked the politician's failed promises during the rally.
• He felt bemocked when his peers laughed at his unconventional ideas.
• The satirical play bemocked the pretensions of the wealthy elite.