Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
Gray.
3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock
expectation.
Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
Judg. xvi. 13.
He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him
hence.
Milton.
Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See
Deride.
Mock, v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a
scornful or jeering manner.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job xi. 3.
She had mocked at his proposal.
Froude.
Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous
act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Fools make a mock at sin.
Prov. xiv. 9.