Jeer

/d͡ʒɪə/

Synonyms for "jeer" (175 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Noun(11 words)

mockery scoff barracks booing boos bray cackling catcall catcalling catcalls deride

affront aspersion atrocityback answerbarrack boo brickbat bullyragcall namescatcallcaustic remarkchaff comeback contempt contumely crack cutcut atcutting remarkdecry

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deride

Verb(3 words)

barrack booed derides

Strong matches (53)

derision despite digdig atdishonor disoblige dumpdump onenormity fleerfleer atflout flouting foolery gibegibe atgibing retortgirdgive offense toheckle

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hiss hoot humiliate humiliationhurl a brickbatindignity injury insult jabjab atjape

Noun(11 words)

derision dismiss gibes guffawing heckle heckles heckling hisses hissing hooting hoots

Verb(11 words)

fligger flout gibe gibed gibing guffawed heckle heckled hissed hooted japing

Related words (87)

jeer atjeering jest jibejibe atknock leg-pullmake fun ofmock mockery obloquy offend offense outrageparthian shotparting shotpoohpooh poohpooh-pooh potshot

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put downput onput-down put-on quip ragrail atrallyrank outrevile ridicule roastrude reproachscoffscoff atscout scurrilityshort answerslam slapslap atslap in the facesneersneer atswipe taunttreat with indignitytwituncomplimentary remarkverbal thrust

Noun(23 words)

jeering jibes jibing mock mocking mocks razz razzes razzing ridicule sasses scoffing scoffs snarks sneering snickering sniggering sniggers snorts taunt

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taunting taunts twits

Verb(14 words)

jibed laughed poked pshaws razzed scoff scoffed screeched sledged smirked sneered snickered sniggered snorted

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More general

17 entries

bait cod derision harassment insult mockery rag rally razz ride ridicule tantalise tantalize taunt tease twit

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More specific

7 entries

catcall catcalling jeeringjeering shoutrazz ridicule scoff

Collocations

9 entries

catcall catcallsderisive jeerjeering crowdloud jeerloud jeerspublic jeerpublic jeerstaunts and jeers

Inflections

3 entries

jeered jeering jeers

Derivations

4 entries

jeered jeerer jeering jeeringly

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The crowd continued to jeer.

Source: tatoeba (5736476)

A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path — he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off.

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As she was doing this, they said to her:— "Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?" "Young ladies," she said, "you only jeer at me; it is not for such as I am to go there." "You are right," they replied; "people would laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball."

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"Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer."

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