booed

verb

past tense of boo
as in jeered

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  1. jeered
  2. hissed
  3. maligned
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  • When the visitors' lineup and Skubal were shown on the videoboard and his name was announced before the first pitch, most of the crowd at Comerica Park clapped for the two-time Cy Young Award winner while some jeered him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The crowd exploded with every tackle and shot, jeered at every foul whistled against El Tri.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of jeered
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  • Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.
    — Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Definition of hissed
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  • Slack continues to be a bright spot in the results — a major reversal from a couple years ago, when the company was maligned for paying too much to acquire the workplace messaging app during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • City Hall is extending the deadline for New Yorkers seeking an exemption to the highly controversial — and much maligned —pied-à-terre tax law, Mayor Mamdani announced Saturday.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of maligned
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“Booed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booed. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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