booed

verb

past tense of boo
as in jeered

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  1. jeered
  2. hissed
  3. maligned
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  • The crowd exploded with every tackle and shot, jeered at every foul whistled against El Tri.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Definition of jeered
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  • The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
  • Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
Definition of hissed
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  • Or maybe England’s much maligned Bukayo Saka shaking off early struggles to finish with a hat trick?
    — Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Naturally, Orr grew up rooting against Kansas whenever the schools met and was much maligned by his peers for it.
    — Latif Love July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
Definition of maligned
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