as in taunted
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
the players were heckled by disappointed fans
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Recent Examples of heckled
Former fan favourites Matt Etherington and Paul Konchesky, who made a combined total of 224 appearances for West Ham, were heckled by Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool supporters in other stages of their careers.
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Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Draymond Green, while being consistently heckled by the rowdy Hawks fans, scored 13 and had four assists.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
In a new interview on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, Gill says he was being loudly heckled by an unsatisfied fan.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2026
Being the coach’s kid and getting heckled and judged for it.
—Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
While Mamdani spoke to reporters Monday morning at the mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, Lang heckled from outside the gates.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
While Mamdani and Tisch briefed reporters Monday, Lang heckled from outside the Gracie Mansion gates.
—Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
The egret was so loud that the blind music great thought he was being heckled by an audience member and briefly stopped in mid-song.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
As the vote drew close, community members repeatedly heckled councilmembers and shouted complaints, leading Rowland to threaten to clear out the room.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Draymond Green, while being consistently heckled by the rowdy Hawks fans, scored 13 and had four assists.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
In a new interview on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, Gill says he was being loudly heckled by an unsatisfied fan.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2026
Being the coach’s kid and getting heckled and judged for it.
—Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
While Mamdani spoke to reporters Monday morning at the mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, Lang heckled from outside the gates.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
While Mamdani and Tisch briefed reporters Monday, Lang heckled from outside the Gracie Mansion gates.
—Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
The egret was so loud that the blind music great thought he was being heckled by an audience member and briefly stopped in mid-song.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
As the vote drew close, community members repeatedly heckled councilmembers and shouted complaints, leading Rowland to threaten to clear out the room.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heckled
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The former South Carolina guard was drafted by the Indiana Fever on Monday, April 13, meaning Johnson and Clark will now be teammates, three years after the former Iowa star taunted Johnson by refusing to defend her in the national semifinal game.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Having failed to secure a ticket, I was taunted with pitying one-upmanship by acquaintances who had had more success.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Murphy walked onto the stage and then teased Lee’s love of the Knicks.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mythos, a new artificial intelligence model that Anthropic PBC has teased as too dangerous to release, looked at first like a problem for banks.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Szépvölgyi mocked the prime minister, who is 62, for seeming unsteady when boos erupted at one of his recent rallies.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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There, a drag performer mocked the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.—
Michael O'Boyle,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Heckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckled. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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