"jeering" in the noun sense

1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing

showing your contempt by derision

"jeering" in the verb sense

1. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe

laugh at with contempt and derision

"The crowd jeered at the speaker"

"jeering" in the adjective sense

1. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting

abusing vocally expressing contempt or ridicule

"derisive laughter"

"a jeering crowd"

"her mocking smile"

"taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

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