Jeering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jeering \Jeer"ing\, a.
     Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. --
     {Jeer"ing*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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