Synonyms for jeering
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : jeer |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪər |
Définition of jeering
Origin :- 1550s, gyr, "to deride, to mock," of uncertain origin; perhaps from Dutch gieren "to cry or roar," or German scheren "to plague, vex," literally "to shear." OED finds the suggestion that it is an ironical use of cheer "plausible and phonetically feasible, ... but ... beyond existing evidence." Related: Jeered; jeering.
- adj mocking
- For half an hour I stood there in the grey November rain surrounded by a jeering mob.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- But somehow Steve's jeering remarks had stirred Bandy-legs' pride.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- It grew every moment, became a mob, shoving and surging, shouting and jeering.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- "Come, they want us in there," said Antoine to his companion in a jeering tone.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- He read after lunch at his club the jeering remarks of the evening Press.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- She is walking through the mocking and jeering crowd, but see!
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- At her look and voice the jeering crowd fell back in silence.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- But there was no mistaking the triumphant note in the silky, jeering tones.
- Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- Then it came, in the jeering laughter of the antagonistic Dalis.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- The McMurrough said, in a jeering tone, with his eye on the Colonel.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
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