Definitions for jeeringly

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jeer*dʒɪər(v.i.)

  1. to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely.

  2. (v.t.)to speak or shout derisively at; taunt; mock.

  3. to drive away by derisive shouts (fol. by out of, off, etc.):

    to jeer an actor off the stage.

  4. (n.)a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.

* Syn: See scoff1.

Origin of jeer:

1555–65

jeer′ing•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jeeringly, mockingly, gibingly(adverb)

    in a disrespectful jeering manner

Wiktionary

  1. jeeringly(Adverb)

    In a jeering manner.


Translations for jeeringly

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jeeringly(adverb)

mocking or scornful.

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