jeeringly

1. 1.

   in a disrespectful jeering manner

   Synonymsmockinglygibingly

Questions about jeeringly

What does jeeringly mean?

jeeringly means "in a disrespectful jeering manner".

How many syllables are in jeeringly?

jeeringly has 3 syllables and divides as jee-rin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for jeeringly?

Close synonyms include mockingly, gibingly. 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 jeeringly a common word?

jeeringly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.