Synonyms for booing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : boo

Phonetic Transcription : bu

Définition of booing

Origin : expression meant to startle, early 15c., boh, "A combination of consonant and vowel especially fitted to produce a loud and startling sound" [OED, which compares Latin boare, Greek boaein "to cry aloud, roar, shout."]; as an expression of disapproval, 1801 (n.), 1816 (v.); hence, the verb meaning "shower someone with boos" (1893).
Booing was common late 19c. among London theater audiences and at British political events; In Italy, Parma opera-goers were notorious boo-birds, but the custom seems to have been little-known in America till c.1910.
To say boo "open one's mouth, speak," originally was to say boo to a goose.
To be able to say Bo! to a goose is to be not quite destitute of courage, to have an inkling of spirit, and was probably in the first instance used of children. A little boy who comes across some geese suddenly will find himself hissed at immediately, and a great demonstration of defiance made by them, but if he can pluck up heart to cry 'bo!' loudly and advance upon them, they will retire defeated. The word 'bo' is clearly selected for the sake of the explosiveness of its first letter and the openness and loudness of its vowel. [Walter W. Skeat, "Cry Bo to a Goose, "Notes and Queries," 4th series vi Sept. 10, 1870]

verb decry

Example sentences :

The crowd, which had been booing a minute before, cheered heartily.
Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham

I paused, and there was a weak gust of cheering, and then a renewal of booing.
Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells

I did not even know I was the villain, till I heard the booing of the gallery.
Extract from : « Paul Kelver » by Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

Perhaps like Sir Pertinax he had a theory upon the successful results of 'booing and booing.'
Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

Nearly 2,000 persons were present at the dramatic scene and seemed unanimous in groaning, hooting and booing Willard.
Extract from : « The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist: Houdini » by Harry Houdini

The implication that he is such a person is so intolerable that they receive it with a prolonged burst of booing.
Extract from : « Captain Brassbound's Conversion » by George Bernard Shaw

He stood in the saddle and jumped over the barrier where a rain of rotten eggs from the booing fans spattered him thoroughly.
Extract from : « Thy Rocks and Rills » by Robert Ernest Gilbert

But the silence of his schoolmates and the booing of the visiting rooters affected him badly.
Extract from : « The Turner Twins » by Ralph Henry Barbour

In the chorus of cheers and booing some one sang out, 'He's a jolly good fellow!'
Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins

There was a noise of yelling and booing, and some exclamations that caused the sailor's companion to wince.
Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan

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