Thesaurus results for PERSONATING

personating

verb

present participle of personate

as in mocking

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was

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These included Mao Zedong of China and Kim Il Sung of North Korea, as well as one mocking Ho Chi Minh, the father of Vietnam’s communist revolution.

— Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
On Douban, a popular Chinese movie-review platform, viewers piled on with mocking and bewildered comments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of mocking

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Getty Images Fraudsters are mailing physical letters to crypto holders, impersonating the IRS and directing recipients to a fake government website.

— Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Less than a decade ago, Jordan Firstman went megaviral for impersonating banana bread’s publicist.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of impersonating

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Janssens would be one of those defenders playing in front of Suzuki in a new environment.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Manchester City’s defence was wide open in Sunday’s Community Shield defeat to Arsenal and that could be a sign of things to come now that Rodri is playing for Barcelona in La Liga.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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In the limited series, the cast attends a fan convention where they get caught up in a dangerous life-imitating-art situation — a premise drawing comparisons to the beloved sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Krasner warned potential copycats who were thinking of imitating Hughes' behavior.

— Kelsie Cairns , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of imitating

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Through its own websites, the mysterious group has been portraying itself as vigilantes out to rein in greedy video game developers.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Russia has rejected all accusations of espionage, portraying them as part of anti-Russian hysteria.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of portraying

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Sandy, apparently blind to the interpersonal nuances ailing the deck team, keeps Aesha on deck, Kayley as acting chief stew, and makes Joe acting bosun for the charter.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
The performance earned Bateman an Emmy nomination for acting, while his work behind the camera on Black Rabbit also earned him a directing nomination — a fitting double recognition for an actor increasingly drawn to the other side of the camera.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

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