Definitions for jeering

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing(adj)

    showing your contempt by derision

  2. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting(adj)

    abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

    "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jeering(u)

    of Jeer

  2. Jeering(adj)

    mocking; scoffing

  3. Jeering(noun)

    a mocking utterance


Translations for jeering

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jeering(adjective)

mocking or scornful.

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