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Synonyms for jeer

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for jeer

to make fun or make fun of

an instance of mockery or derision

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Synonyms for jeer

showing your contempt by derision

laugh at with contempt and derision

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Levin remembered that when Nikolay had been in the devout stage, the period of fasts and monks and church services, when he was seeking in religion a support and a curb for his passionate temperament, everyone, far from encouraging him, had jeered at him, and he, too, with the others.
They harangued him for his fall, sneered and jeered at him, rooted him about contemptuously with their feet, made a hollow in the sand out of which he could not roll and desposited him in it on his back, his four tied legs sticking ignominiously in the air above him.
No dog enjoys being laughed at, and Jerry, least of all, could restrain his wrath when they jeered him and cackled close in his face.
They jeered and sounded mournful notes without promise, devoid even of hope.
Muturi went ahead to say amid jeers that Mukami was behind the project and not Wambugu and continue to make other allegations including insulting the area MP making things even worse.
Coutinho again found himself at the centre of jeers from unhappy supporters in the first half of Brazil's Copa America opener against Bolivia.
If they both needed a stiff drink after the jeers aimed at them during their warm-up match against England, then fans' reaction in Bristol called for a top-up.
Mr Johnson was studying his phone as a chorus of boos rang out and looked up from the mobile's screen as he heard the jeers.
The RB Leipzig player (right) was greeted with jeers when he came on as a sub in the 55th minute.
'Medyo signal number one na po sir,' Dayan responded, to the jeers of the audience.
And he drew more jeers when he added: "Hillary believes that it's vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private.
There are examples of players whose form has improved dramatically when the jeers have turned to cheers.
Summary: LONDON: Rafael Benitez was the target of angry jeers and taunts from fans of his ...