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sneer
[ sneer ]
verb (used without object)
- to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt:
They sneered at his pretensions.
- to speak or write in a manner expressive of derision or scorn.
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verb (used with object)
- to utter or say in a sneering manner.
noun
- a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- a derisive or scornful utterance, especially one more or less covert or insinuative.
Synonyms: , ,
- an act of sneering.
sneer
/ ɪə /
noun
- a facial expression of scorn or contempt, typically with the upper lip curled
- a scornful or contemptuous remark or utterance
verb
- intr to assume a facial expression of scorn or contempt
- to say or utter (something) in a scornful or contemptuous manner
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Derived Forms
- ˈԱԲ, adverb
- ˈԱԲ, adjectivenoun
- ˈԱڳܱ, adjective
- ˈԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- Աİ noun
- Աfܱ adjective
- ԱiԲ· adverb
- Աl adjective
- ܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ԱiԲ adjective
- un·ԱiԲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sneer1
C16: perhaps from Low Dutch; compare North Frisian sneere contempt
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Synonym Study
See scoff 1.
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Example Sentences
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He sold Amway nylons to FBI secretaries while other agents sneered.
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“A CNN Heroes profile by Sanjay Gupta is nice. Know what would also be nice? Cooking dinner for your kids,” he said to me in a sneer masquerading as a smile.
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This sneering resistance to the judiciary’s intervention was both entirely predictable and profoundly ominous.
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Mohler sneered that empathy is "an artificial virtue," calling empathy "destructive and manipulative."
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She sneers clever quips at the tormenting cops.
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