Antonyms for jeer
dʒɪərjeer

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1. jeer

   A sneer may be simply a contemptuous facial contortion, or it may be some brief satirical utterance that throws a contemptuous side-light on what it attacks without attempting to prove or disprove; a depreciatory implication may be given in a sneer such as could only be answered by elaborate argument or proof, which would seem to give the attack undue importance:

   Who can refute a sneer?

   Paley Moral Philosophy bk. v, ch. ix.

   A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant. The jeer and gibe are uttered; the gibe is bitter, and often sly or covert; the jeer is rude and open. A scoff may be in act or word, and is commonly directed against that which claims honor, reverence, or worship. Compare BANTER.

   Synonyms:
   fling, gibe, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt

   Preposition:
   Only an essentially vicious mind is capable of a sneer at virtue.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. jeer

   Antonyms:
   flatter, annulate, fawn, cringe, compliment, eulogize

   Synonyms:
   sneer, taunt, scoff, deride, scout, flout, mock, rally, banter

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1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffingverb

   showing your contempt by derision

   Synonyms:
   mockery, jeering, parody, charade, spoof, lampoon, scoff, pasquinade, burlesque, travesty, scoffing, sendup, put-on, takeoff

2. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibeverb

   laugh at with contempt and derision

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

   Synonyms:
   fit, cheer, inspire, scoff, root on, gibe, exhort, agree, jibe, barrack, match, tally, correspond, pep up, urge on, flout, check, urge

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1. jeerverb

   Synonyms:
   mock, deride, ridicule, taunt, jibe

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