JEERED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

jeered

verb

past tense of jeer

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 When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 While several hundred Iranian Americans protested the government outside, many fans from the diaspora jeered and turned their backs on the field during the national anthem. —

Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026 While several hundred Iranian Americans protested the government outside, many fans from the diaspora jeered and turned their backs on the field during the national anthem. —

ABC News, 15 June 2026 Fans jeered him with derogatory taunts at Madison Square Garden, and someone threw an egg at him at the team hotel after Game 4. —

Joe Vardon, New York Times, 14 June 2026 Knicks fans booed, heckled and jeered Joel Embiid throughout Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026 The Nuggets ended the game on a 21-5 run and a catharsis, as Jamal Murray nailed a dagger 3-pointer and played to the crowd that had jeered his team not long ago. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 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. —

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

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When Pete Buttigieg floated a 15-member Supreme Court during his 2020 presidential campaign, for example, he was properly ridiculed by institutionalists.

— Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
In the intervening 26 years, the Jets have been roundly mocked and ridiculed — and, sure, it has often been deserved.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 27 May 2026