Word Meanings - JEER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan , an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast. (more info) A gear; a tackle. pl.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of JEER)

• Gibe
• Sneer
• scoff
• ridicule
• jeer
• mock
• deride
• rail at
• taunt
• Ridicule
• Derision
• banter
• raillery
• burlesque
• caricature
• mockery
• irony
• satire
• sarcasm
• sneer
• cachinnation
• disrespect
• Sarcasm
• chaff
• sardonicism
• Scoff
• jibe
• contemn
• scout
• gibe
• disparagement
• contempt
• scorn
• superciliousness
• disdain

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of JEER)

• Honor
• regard
• esteem
• venerate
• respect
• applaud
• salute

Related words: (words related to JEER)

• SARCASM
  A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• RIDICULER
  One who ridicules.
• CHAFFERY
  Traffic; bargaining. Spenser.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• DISDAINISHLY
  Disdainfully. Vives.
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• DISDAINFUL
  Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• CONTEMPTIBLY
  In a contemptible manner.
• CONTEMPTUOUSLY
  In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• CONTEMPTUOUS
  Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond. Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews.
• DISDAINED
  Disdainful. Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.
• SARCASMOUS
  Sarcastic. "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras.
• CHAFFINCH
  A bird of Europe , having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.
• BY-RESPECT
  Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.