Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jeering
IPA transcription: [dʒ'iɹɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting
    Meaning: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing
    Meaning: showing your contempt by derision
Usage examples
  • Tode's jeering tone grated on Jim's ears immeasurably.
  • But with his jeering words, and sneering face, he was as hard to her as a rock.
  • Peals of jeering laughter from persons unseen greeted Tik-Tok's failure, and the new arrivals in this strange land found it very uncomfortable to realize that there were many creatures around them who were invisible, yet could be heard plainly.
  • 'A pretty thing it would be, wouldn't it to go and stop at the very first public-house outside the town, so that Sowerberry, if he come up after us, might poke in his old nose, and have us taken back in a cart with handcuffs on,' said Mr. Claypole in a jeering tone.