jeer
to make rude and mocking remarks at someone
Word origin: Of uncertain origin, in English from the late sixteenth century.
Jeer in a sentence
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The crowd began to jeer when the referee made an unpopular call.
The crowd began to jeer as the disgraced official tried to deliver his prepared remarks.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “jeer” well
Jeer means to mock with rude, derisive remarks, and it contrasts with praise and applaud.
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lacking substance or maturity; naive and simplistic
to put at risk of loss, harm, or failure
danger of loss, harm, or failure
a long, mournful complaint or lamentation, often a list of woes
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