jeering 1 of 2

present participle of jeer

jeering

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jeering
Adjective
Raging at the decision, the 29-year-old Medvedev sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth and whipped up a jeering New York crowd. Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Miller spoke after videos circulated online of large crowds in the Columbia Heights neighborhood jeering federal officers in the streets. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025 When a Tesla Cybertruck—which has effectively become a symbol of Musk himself—stopped alongside the protest, protestors began jeering. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025 Nearly every inch of the bar’s narrow interior is plastered with glowing beer logo signs, neon strip lights and posters jeering with bawdy bar jokes and wisecracks. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeering
Verb
  • At times, Phillips’ dialogue seems to be ridiculing his screenplay’s own improbability and sloppy logic gaps, as well as the genre itself.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The post was met with accounts celebrating the withdrawal and ridiculing past decisions.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The key to his performance is empathy — Early resists mocking Maddie or her struggles at every turn.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is all on top of the late-night TV and social media posts mocking him, countless Democrats campaigning against him, and endless news and opinion articles calling him everything from a felon to a rapist to a threat to democracy to Hitler.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The intensity of Irish expressions of solidarity in 2024 caused one pro-Israel commentator, Ben Cohen, to coin the term Paddystinian as a derisive epithet to counter the narrative.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Wall Street reacted to the delays with a derisive nickname TACO, for Trump Always Chickens Out.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Vice President Vance appeared on FOX News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle hours after the heckling incident, telling the host about visiting with the national guardsmen and discussing recent changes to the city, while briefly mentioning the protesters.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Jeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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