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.