jeering

Other forms of jeering

plural

jeerings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jeering

What does jeering mean?

jeering means "showing your contempt by derision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jeering?

jeering has 2 syllables: jee-ring. The stress falls on "jee". In IPA it is /ˈdʒiɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for jeering?

Close synonyms include jeer, mockery, scoff, scoffing, derisive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jeering a common word?

jeering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.