Jeering \Jeer"ing\, a.
Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jeer \Jeer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jeered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeering.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers,
taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren
to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st Geck)
+ scheren to shear. See Shear, v.]
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with
mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as,
to jeer at a speaker.
[1913 Webster]
But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. --Spenser.
Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jeering
adj : abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
"taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: derisive,
gibelike, mocking, taunting]
n : showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, mockery, scoff,
scoffing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeering":
affront, aspersion, atrocity, banter, bantering, booing, brickbat,
catcalling, chaffing, contempt, contumely, cut, derision, derisive,
derisory, despite, dump, enormity, fleering, flippancy, flippant,
flout, flouting, fooling, gibe, grinning, hissing, hooting,
humiliation, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, joshing, kidding,
leering, levity, mock, mockery, mocking, offense, outrage, panning,
put-down, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing,
ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoff, scoffing, scurrility, smart,
smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking,
sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunt, taunting,
teasing, twitting, uncomplimentary remark
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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