Synonyms of jeering

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adjective

as in taunting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taunting
• mocking
• heckling
• derisive
• ridiculing
• deriding
• baiting
• needling
• hassling
• sarcastic
• scornful
• contemptuous
• joking
• bantering
• bandying
• rallying
• jesting
• derisory
• quipping
• ribbing
• razzing
• quizzical
• fooling
• kidding
• disdainful
• funning
• joshing
• chaffing

jeering

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verb

present participle of jeer

as in ridiculing

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the unforgiving crowd jeered the magician when the final trick went awry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculing
• mocking
• taunting
• teasing
• deriding
• gibing
• jibing
• parodying
• scouting
• skewering
• tormenting
• harassing
• ragging on
• imitating
• shooting down
• disparaging
• belittling
• heckling
• scorning
• razzing
• laughing (at)
• cocking snooks (at)
• decrying
• poking fun at
• ribbing
• making sport of
• targeting
• making fun of
• cocking a snook (at)
• catcalling
• rallying
• baiting
• twitting
• pestering
• quizzing
• barracking
• joshing
• caricaturing
• ragging
• chaffing
• pillorying
• harrying
• riding
• bad-mouthing
• jiving
• kidding
• hassling
• burlesquing
• satirizing
• needling
• parroting
• lampooning
• bugging
• mimicking
• tweaking
• pooh-poohing
• aping
• poohing
• sneering (at)
• scoffing (at)
• travestying
• putting down
• taking off (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• applauding
• approving
• endorsing
• commending
• sanctioning
• indorsing

• applauding
• approving
• endorsing
• commending
• sanctioning
• indorsing