as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the unforgiving crowd jeered the magician when the final trick went awry
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Recent Examples of jeered
About 100 feet from the sheriff’s immaculate enclave, jailers who worked for Smith jeered as Mitchell shivered in his own waste, court records show.
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USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
The meeting often turned rowdy as residents gave thunderous applause to those speaking against and jeered those supporting it.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 12 Feb. 2026
Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The 25-year-old appears to have gone off the boil, and has been jeered by fans at the Bernabeu on more than one occasion this season.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
McIlroy has faced the brunt of the insults from spectators, who also jeered and yelled at his wife throughout the weekend.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Republican Representative Barry Moore of Alabama left a town hall meeting through the back door on Thursday without delivering any closing remarks after being repeatedly booed and jeered by audience members.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Paul Heyman interrupted the dueling babyfaces as fans jeered him in French.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
The meeting often turned rowdy as residents gave thunderous applause to those speaking against and jeered those supporting it.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 12 Feb. 2026
Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The 25-year-old appears to have gone off the boil, and has been jeered by fans at the Bernabeu on more than one occasion this season.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
McIlroy has faced the brunt of the insults from spectators, who also jeered and yelled at his wife throughout the weekend.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Republican Representative Barry Moore of Alabama left a town hall meeting through the back door on Thursday without delivering any closing remarks after being repeatedly booed and jeered by audience members.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Paul Heyman interrupted the dueling babyfaces as fans jeered him in French.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeered
Verb
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Soviet satire and humor journals, for example, ridiculed Western imperialism.—
Neringa Klumbytė,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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Trump had ridiculed that deal as insufficient and ended it in his first term.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The fact that the team is almost entirely composed of Americans with Italian heritage is by now well-known and lovingly mocked on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense.—
Maurice O'Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Jeered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeered. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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