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Definition of jeering :
1. A mocking utterance.
2. Mocking; scoffing.
3. of Jeer
Synonyms:
ridicule, peal, badinage, scoff, raucous, lampoon, roar, rude, satire, quizzical, chaff, satiric, gibelike, travesty, pasquinade, banter, sendup, sarcasm, raillery, burlesque, mockery, charade, derision, jeer, titter, takeoff, irony, yelling, parody, laughter, giggle, laugh, respect, cackle, disrespectful, put-on, spoof, chuckle, snicker, teasing
contemptuous (part of speech: adjective)
antipathetic, sardonic, disdainful, satirical, scornful, abusive, contemptuous, mocking, sarcastic, scoffing, insulting, disparaging, ridiculing, deprecative, derisive, flippant
ridiculing (part of speech: verb)
humiliating, deriding, riding, ragging, quipping, caricaturing, joking, burlesquing, gibing, jesting, sneering, mimicking, kidding, denigrating, taunting, razzing, roasting, deprecating
Usage examples:
- Having come to the end, she burst into jeering laughter. - "The Nether World", George Gissing.
- He saw the golden eyes jeering. - "The Twilight of the Souls", Louis Couperus.
- Bert's regard for Owen was equalled in intensity by his dislike of Crass, who was in the habit of jeering at the boy's aspirations. - "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists", Robert Tressell.