jeers in English

noun

1

a rude and mocking remark.

They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches.

synonyms: taunt, sneer, insult, shout, jibe, boo, hiss, catcall, derision, teasing, scoffing, abuse, scorn, heckling, catcalling, raspberry, Bronx cheer

verb

1

make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

some of the younger men jeered at him

synonyms: taunt, mock, scoff at, ridicule, sneer at, deride, insult, abuse, heckle, catcall at, boo, whistle at, jibe at, hiss at

noun

• taunt, sneer, insult, shout, jibe, boo, hiss, catcall, derision, teasing, scoffing, abuse, scorn, heckling, catcalling, raspberry, Bronx cheer
• jeering, scoff, mockery, scoffing

verb

• taunt, mock, scoff at, ridicule, sneer at, deride, insult, abuse, heckle, catcall at, boo, whistle at, jibe at, hiss at
• gibe, scoff, barrack, flout

Use "jeers" in a sentence

1. ‘predictable jeers, Buffooneries, and cheap shots’

2. The Minister's speech was greeted with jeers and catcalls.

3. His suggestions were met with a chorus of jeers.

4. He stared sullenly into space, pretending not to hear the jeers.

5. 15 He ran off,[www.Sentencedict.com] their jeers ringing in his ears.

6. Steve Francis got his usual round of jeers in the city he spurned.

7. Cheers and Jeers is a weekday post from the great state of Maine

8. When Noah’s family and the animals were aboard, “Jehovah shut the door,” closing out any derisive jeers.

9. The two camps traded insults, moans and jeers, threatening occasionally to turn the proceedings into an intramural debate.

10. In June, Lin withdrew from the Singapore Open final due to gastric flu, this drew the jeers from fans in the stadium.

11. 21 It may be argued that the jeers were unfair and did little to push the team forward, but what is perhaps more important is the meaning behind such a knee-jerk reaction.

12. ‘predictable jeers, Buffooneries, and cheap shots’ ‘The humour of Pimple films derived from theatrical burlesque, music-hall satire and from a tradition of buffoonery that embraced such infantilised characters as …