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Definition of mock : 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
2. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
3. Imitation; mimicry.
4. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
5. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
6. To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
7. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

Synonyms:

unreal, pretended, quiz, laugh, scout, respect, farce, twit, sham, bemock, same, mockery, fling, laughter, travesty

flatter, repeat, ditto, mime, impersonate, pretend, feign, duplicate, portray, ape, parody, mimic, parallel, copy, simulate, replicate, parrot, resemble, mirror, emulate, echo, reflect, imitate

echoed, assumed, replicated, impersonated, parroted, mimicked, copied, parodied, imitative, aped, reproduced

embarrass, disgrace, malign, shame, degrade, dishonor, defame, abase

forged, mannered, facade, studied, false, impersonating, bogus, ostentatious, ersatz, unnatural, affected, imitation, counterfeit, deceitful, synthetic, showy, fraudulent, theatrical, la-di-da, posing, histrionic, pretentious, imposture, artificial, forced, fake, stagy, stiff, overdone, masquerading, stilted

ostracize, debunk, show up, pillory, scandalize, stigmatize, discomfit, expose, vilify

jest, taunt, razz, kid, roast, gibe, burlesque, quip, humiliate, caricature, rag, deprecate, insult, denigrate, ridicule, scoff, sneer, deride, ride, joke, jeer

Usage examples:

• " O, dear," sighed Bert in mock despair. - "The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted", Katharine Ellis Barrett.
• Jake said in mock indignation. - "Black Man's Burden", Dallas McCord Reynolds.
• Her brow beneath its mock crown had no lines of care, and her wonderful eyes smiled upon him. - "Audrey", Mary Johnston.