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jeer
Synonyms and Antonyms of jeer
- ignored the jeers of the other team's fans and just focused on making her free throw shot
jeer
Synonyms and Antonyms of jeer
- The unforgiving crowd jeered the magician when the final trick went awry.
deride, gibe (or jibe), laugh (at), mock, ridicule, scout, shoot down, skewer
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down
jive, josh, kid, quiz, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit
bait, bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment
ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty
make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on
Synonym Discussion of jeer
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- scoffed at their concerns
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- the crowd jeered at the prisoners
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- hooted and gibed at the umpire
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- the saucy jackanapes fleered at my credulity
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- sneered at anything romantic
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- flouted the conventions of polite society
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