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US
/ˈdʒiɹɪŋ/
]
[ UK /dʒˈiəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈiəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- showing your contempt by derision
ADJECTIVE
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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