jeer
verb (used without object)
to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely.
has jeered
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present perfectof jeer (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some have hailed this as the imaginative and enlightened "re-education" of offenders, while more than one newspaper column has jeered that to make it in cinema these days, one has first to commit a crime.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2013
For twenty years Mr. Mencken has jeered, snorted and chortled at the American newspaper man.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have been painting just as well these last five years and all the world has jeered; they were still jeering the day before yesterday, but now!
From The Red Room by August Strindberg
The world has jeered at the possibility of such friendships from its earliest age; and yet they have always existed,—one of the most exquisite and delicate of earthly ties.
From Italy, the Magic Land by Lilian Whiting
Many's the time he has jeered at me when he passed; and everyone has been afraid to put a hand on him because his father is a bad man.
From Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast by Frank V. Webster
