Meaning & use
heckling
Interrupting a speaker or performer with mocking, aggressive, or critical comments and questions.
See it in a sentence
A few fans kept heckling the comedian until security asked them to leave.
Protesters spent the entire rally heckling the politician from the back of the crowd.
A note on using this word
Heckling targets a live speaker or performer directly, unlike general criticism given afterward.
Words with a similar meaning
jeeringtaunting
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Words with an opposite meaning
cheering
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