as in ridiculing
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the unforgiving crowd jeered the magician when the final trick went awry
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Recent Examples of jeering
Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
An unrecognizable Sean Hayes plays the jeering host, Gary Greenbacks.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
During the post-fight interviews, a frustrated Aspinall had lashed out inside the Octagon after the stoppage, swearing at the crowd for jeering him.
—Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Raging at the decision, the 29-year-old Medvedev sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth and whipped up a jeering New York crowd.
—Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Miller spoke after videos circulated online of large crowds in the Columbia Heights neighborhood jeering federal officers in the streets.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
When a Tesla Cybertruck—which has effectively become a symbol of Musk himself—stopped alongside the protest, protestors began jeering.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Nearly every inch of the bar’s narrow interior is plastered with glowing beer logo signs, neon strip lights and posters jeering with bawdy bar jokes and wisecracks.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
But he was overwhelmed by the jeering chorus of students.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeering
Adjective
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To get a sense of his whole deal, look no further than the half-mocking, half-earnest title of his latest album, Country!—
Verb
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But this heavy tide of content ridiculing any notion of his lasting importance to the American republic suggests a far different fate.—
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By the 1830s, politicians had stopped ridiculing America’s growing canal system.—
Adjective
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The revelation quickly made headlines, and the social-media peanut gallery was sharply derisive.—
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There is nothing quite like experiencing a truly terrible film with a room full of gleefully derisive bad-movie fans.—
Verb
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Pittsburgh appeared to go three-and-out on its second drive, but Cleveland's Rayshawn Jenkins was called for taunting.—
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While negligible to his overall earnings, the penalty fits the league’s recent crackdown on celebrations and taunting, as several players were fined earlier this season for similar actions.—
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Vice President Vance appeared on FOX News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle hours after the heckling incident, telling the host about visiting with the national guardsmen and discussing recent changes to the city, while briefly mentioning the protesters.—
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“Jeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeering. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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