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mockable

mockable

1 6.2
Easy for people to laugh at
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑːkəbl/
  • Offensive
: digno de burla
  • The comedian's impersonation of the politician was hilariously mockable and had the audience in stitches.
  • eminently mockable

So in the UK that was that was like The Inbetweeners was one of those moments where the Super hyper lad, the Jay from The Inbetweeners person was mockable.

Examples

  • The hit squad is extremely arrogant, condescending, and mockable, mostly in their lame attempt to chastise or censor Richard.

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  • Yes, well, where else are you going to look for entertainingly mockable food writing around here nowadays?

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  • I think there's a lot of mockable material if that happens.

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  • It's quite mockable to see a liberal defend the right of some harvest mouse or some fish but advocate potentially killing a future human being.

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  • Your "arrogant, condescending, and mockable" attitude might make me cry.

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  • It just renders one a mockable fool on the topic, or at least worth ignoring.

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  • His outrageous hairstyle made him mockable in the eyes of his classmates.

  • Many found the reality show's premise to be mockable due to its over-the-top drama.

Synonyms

laughable
vsmockable
54 4.1

So silly or not reasonable that people do not take it seriously

is easy to be ridiculed for many reasons not only for being absurd

Antonyms

248 2.3

Admired by many people for good qualities

20 1.8

Respected and looked up to by many people

How Mockable

ill-humored
  • US
1 7.0
mockable
  • Offensive
1 6.2
respected
248 2.3

Surface Forms

mockable positive
mockabler comparative
mockablest superlative

Morphology

mockable = mock (transparent) = mock + able

A straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'capable of being mocked', directly derived from the verb 'mock' plus '-able'.

Etymology

Mockable comes from the word mock meaning 'to make fun of' and the ending -able meaning 'able', and is related to the word mockery. So, mockable means 'easy to make fun of', which explains why someone or something called mockable can be laughed at.