Synonyms for jeering
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
A mocking utterance.
Forms
- Plural
- jeerings → mockeries, scoffings, scoffs, derisions…
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Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- mockery He got hundreds of anonymous letters in mockery.
- derision All Mary has left for Tom is scorn and derision.
- scoff It's easy to scoff; it's better to understand.
- scoffing Scoffing won't get you anywhere.
By length
- 4 letters
- mock1, jibe1, gibe1
- 5 letters
- scorn1, taunt1, scoff1, sneer1
- 6 letters
- banter2
- 7 letters
- mocking2, mockery3
- 8 letters
- ridicule3, taunting2, derision3, scoffing, derisive3, gibelike
- 10 letters
- scurrility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banter2 = 2 syllables).