sneerfuladj.
1. Of persons: Given to sneering.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous > by facial expression
sneering1681
sneerfula1763
a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy iii, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 303 Cell ever squalid! where the sneerful maid Will not fatigue her hand!
1844 M. F. Tupper Heart xi. 120 Out-swearing and out-threatening our sneerful stock-jobber.
2. Of words, etc.: Of the nature of a sneer; scornful.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous
ollinga1200
hokerfula1275
scorningc1325
deignousc1330
despitousa1340
disdainousc1374
lightlya1400
scornfula1400
despiteous14..
endeignousc1400
hathlya1425
spitefulc1440
despitefula1450
fastidious?a1475
contemptuous1534
disdainfula1542
huff-nosed1542
lightliful1552
dainful1577
contemptible1594
sdeignful1596
disdained1598
contemptful1604
contemning1605
overlookinga1619
slight1632
slightinga1637
slightya1640
despisable1644
despicable1662
sneering1692
scornful1704
saucy1716
vilipendinga1722
fastidiose1730
unappreciating1833
scorny1836
high-sniffing1837
sniffy1871
sneery1872
sneerful1880
pejorativea1888
dismissive1930
sniffish1933
fuck you1962
1880 S. Wales Daily News No. 2514. 6/6 We had a sneerful and insulting answer.
Derivatives
ˈsneerfulness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptuous
deignoushedec1330
despitefulness1535
scornfulness1535
disdainfulness1548
contemptuousness1574
despisableness1613
despisingness1625
slightingness1683
contemptibility?1794
sneerfulness1873
sniffiness1927
snottiness1973
dismissiveness1980
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 204 Cherishing no feeling of scorn or sneerfulness against them.
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adj.a1763