Jeering can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| jeering - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" | ||
Verb |
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| jeer - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" | ||
Noun |
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| jeering - showing your contempt by derision |
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| 1. | adj. | A jeering crowd. | |
| 2. | noun | A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path — he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. | |
| 3. | noun | A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path — he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. | |
| 4. | verb | The crowd continued to jeer. | |
| 5. | verb | As she was doing this, they said to her:— "Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?" "Young ladies," she said, "you only jeer at me; it is not for such as I am to go there." "You are right," they replied; "people would laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball." | |
| 6. | verb | "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| 7. | verb | The crowd continued to jeer. | |
| 8. | verb | As she was doing this, they said to her:— "Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?" "Young ladies," she said, "you only jeer at me; it is not for such as I am to go there." "You are right," they replied; "people would laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball." | |
| 9. | verb | "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." |
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| adj. | |
| A jeering crowd. |
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| noun | |
| A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path — he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. | |
| A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path — he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. | |
| verb | |
| The crowd continued to jeer. | |
| As she was doing this, they said to her:— "Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?" "Young ladies," she said, "you only jeer at me; it is not for such as I am to go there." "You are right," they replied; "people would laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball." | |
| "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| The crowd continued to jeer. | |
| As she was doing this, they said to her:— "Cinderella, would you not be glad to go to the ball?" "Young ladies," she said, "you only jeer at me; it is not for such as I am to go there." "You are right," they replied; "people would laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball." | |
| "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |