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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catcalled
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This process can leave both parents and kids feeling at least temporarily lonely, insulted, or rejected.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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The 25-year-old appears to have gone off the boil, and has been jeered by fans at the Bernabeu on more than one occasion this season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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McIlroy has faced the brunt of the insults from spectators, who also jeered and yelled at his wife throughout the weekend.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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Their studies, documentaries and papers are often debunked, ridiculed and dismissed by experts on vaccines and immunology.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Some Democrats ridiculed agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins for saying that Americans could make a meal that sticks to the guidelines for three dollars.—
John Wilkerson,
STAT,
20 Jan. 2026
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In evaluating the building’s future, Dallas might consider the example of New York’s Penn Station, a monumental work of architecture derided as dilapidated in the 1960s, and torn down for a development including an arena.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Some were mocked or derided in social media posts and online commentary.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
26 Dec. 2025
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Before tens of thousands of protesters marched in Minneapolis on Friday to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents leave Minnesota, they were mocked by the voice of the Minnesota Vikings.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Promoted domestically as a tale of peasant uprising, the film later became a cult curiosity abroad, often mocked for its special effects but recognized as one of the country’s most technically ambitious productions.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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McDermott brought legitimacy to an organization that had not sniffed a playoff.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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School can be an awful place, where social capital is built on a person’s acceptance by a group, and any difference is sniffed out and mocked, sometimes worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Catcalled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catcalled. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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