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jeer

noun

1 jeer

Showing your contempt by derision.

synonyms: jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing.

Roget 929: disrespect, disesteem, disestimation; disparagement etc. (dispraise) 932, (detraction) 934.    irreverence; slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat.] [Vergil], ... show more

Polish: kpina, przeĊ›miewka, drwina

verb

1 jeer

Laugh at with contempt and derision:
— The crowd jeered at the speaker.

synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, scoff.

Roget 929: hold in disrespect etc. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; ... show more

Dutch: veronachtzamen, minachten


Moby thesaurus: Parthian shot, affront, aspersion, atrocity, back answer, barrack, boo, brickbat, bullyrag, call names, catcall, caustic remark, chaff, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, cut, cut at, cutting remark ... show more.

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