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jeering

[ US /ˈdʒiɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈi‍əɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. showing your contempt by derision
ADJECTIVE
  1. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
    taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'
    derisive laughter
    her mocking smile
    a jeering crowd

How To Use jeering In A Sentence

  • The Lion jeeringly replied, "It was righteously yours, eh? the gift of a friend?
  • But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
  • He and his mates are laughing and jeering at their next-door neighbour: a crazy old man, stripped to the waist, performing what looks like some kind of weird callisthenics routine in his backyard.
  • But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
  • She had stopped to listen and offer words of advice, but the other members of that clique had stepped out of the shadows, laughing and jeering.
  • His lips curled in thin lines of contempt as he watched through eyes the shouting, jeering crowd. Christianity Today
  • From this oft-repeated prophecy Collins was known to every stockman in three States as the Coyote Prophet, the title a jeering one at first, then bestowed with increasing respect as men saw many of his prophecies fulfilled. The Yellow Horde
  • With the jeering and catcalling from the Government benches, I missed the answer.
  • Dan's friends cackled in the background, but he ignored their laughter and jeering comments.
  • She saw the "trolleys" fly past her in quick succession, and it seemed to her they whizzed jeeringly at her as they sped. The Governess
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