to jeer
14
6.2
- verb
- /dʒɪr/
- Offensive
:
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- The fans began to jeer at the referee after he made an unfair call.
As the audience groaned and jeered her, she kind of rolled her eyes at herself and nodded as if to say, yeah, you're right, I am a piece of shit.
- As the audience groaned and jeered her, she kind of rolled her eyes at herself and nodded as if to say, yeah, you're right, I am a piece of shit.
Examples
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And now the crowd is jeering and even laughing at the champ.
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Yesterday I was jeered and taunted by 400 ruffians.
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The only time we get fired up is when we jeer at Ed and Grace.
Fiction book (1992) -
You know, people with and without masks jeer at each other in the street or worse.
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People in the crowd jeer and throw rotten vegetables at them.
Fiction book (1998) -
Paradise Square Day officials stand on a high wooden platform facing a jeering crowd.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ah, sure, that lot's never happy unless they're jeering you.
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When teenage boys jeered and threw rocks at us in the park, I confronted them.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Now it's just the wimps left," Peter jeered, winking at Tony.
Fiction book (2002) -
"At this, the crowd began hooting and jeering, accusing Kroton of being a liar or out of his wits.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
456
2.0
To make fun of someone in a mean way to show they are silly
307
2.3
Laugh at someone or say things that make them feel embarrassed
245
1.9
To make fun of someone in a way that annoys them
108
4.6
To make someone look silly in a mean way so others laugh at them
93
5.8
To mock someone again and again to make them angry or upset
80
2.9
Say something funny, often unkind, about someone or something
57
6.5
To say or do things to show you do not respect someone
23
3.4
To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind
8
8.4
Talk back to someone in a rude way
4
8.1
To make quick, unfair critical remarks about someone or their ideas
3
8.6
To speak rudely to someone
2
7.5
To laugh at someone and say unkind things about them
1
8.5
To make cruel or mocking remarks about someone
To shout at someone to mock or interrupt them
How Mocking
- Offensive
108
4.6
- Offensive
93
5.8
- Offensive
14
6.2
- Offensive
209
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jeer can be remembered as a harsh kind of 'joke' — imagine people shouting a mean laugh or comment at someone. That's why to jeer is to laugh at or shout rude remarks to show you do not respect them.