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adjective
- 1. making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice: "the jeering crowds"
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JEERING definition: 1. the action of laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them: 2…. Learn more.
noun. : a mocking and insulting remark or sound : taunt. the jeers of the crowd. Synonyms. Verb. deride. gibe. jibe. laugh (at) mock. ridicule. scout. shoot down.
Synonyms for JEERING: mocking, derisive, taunting, heckling, ridiculing, baiting, needling, deriding; Antonyms of JEERING: approving, applauding, endorsing, commending, sanctioning, indorsing.
JEER definition: 1. to laugh or shout insults at someone to show you have no respect for them: 2. a way of laughing…. Learn more.
Define jeering. jeering synonyms, jeering pronunciation, jeering translation, English dictionary definition of jeering. v. jeered , jeer·ing , jeers v. intr. To speak or shout derisively; mock. v. tr. To abuse vocally; taunt: jeered the speaker off the stage. n.
Definition of jeer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. [ jeer ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used without object) to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better. Synonyms: jest, sneer. verb (used with object) to shout derisively at; taunt. Synonyms: fleer, flout, ridicule, deride. to treat with scoffs or derision; mock.
Definition of 'jeer' jeer. (dʒɪəʳ ) Word forms: jeers , jeering , jeered. 1. verb. To jeer at someone means to say or shout rude and insulting things to them to show that you do not like or respect them. Marchers jeered at passers-by, but there was no violence, nor any arrests. [VERB + at] His motorcade was jeered by angry residents. [be VERB -ed]
As a noun, jeer is the act of scoffing, taunting, or mocking. Think of it as an anti-cheer. If you offer cheers for the visiting team and jeers for the home team, you might not be too popular in the stands.
to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better. v.t. to shout derisively at; taunt. to treat with scoffs or derision; mock. to drive away by derisive shouts (fol. by out of, off, etc.): They jeered the speaker off the stage.
