Jeering
['dʒɪrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeer
(a.) Mocking; scoffing.
(n.) A mocking utterance.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mockery, derision.
Typed by Aldo
Examples
- Then he directed a look, half exasperated and half jeering, at his wife. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The laugh of the shrill, triumphant female sounded from Hermione, jeering him as if he were a neuter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Presently the stout men of Alkmaar, cheering and jeering, watched the Spaniards breaking camp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't care for hard names,' interrupted Monks with a jeering laugh. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At this rate, Maurice, we can hold the island for a year, said the Demarch, with a jeering laugh; it's child's play compared with yesterday. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She turned to Birkin with a quick, almost jeering: 'Good-bye,' and she was opening the door before he had time to do it for her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The two women were jeering at him, jeering him into nothingness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Large dusky forms with sly and jeering faces crouched in the corners of the room, and bent over my bed at night, tempting me to madness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The man jerked his head a little on one side, indicating Ursula, and said, with curious amiable, jeering warmth: 'What she warnt? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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