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[ sneer ] / snɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sneer ON THESAURUS.COM
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. verb (used with object)to utter or say in a sneering manner. nouna look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt. a derisive or scornful utterance, especially one more or less covert or insinuative. an act of sneering. Origin of sneerFirst recorded in 1545–55; originally, “to snort”; compare Frisian (northern dialect) sneere “scornful remark,” snarl1 SYNONYMS FOR sneer2 gibe. 5 scoff, gibe, jeer. SEE SYNONYMS FOR sneer ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for sneer2. See scoff1. OTHER WORDS FROM sneersneerer, nounsneerful, adjectivesneer·ing·ly, adverbsneerless, adjective sub·sneer, nounun·sneer·ing, adjectiveun·sneer·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby sneersneak preview, sneak thief, sneaky, sneaky pete, sneck, sneer, sneery, sneesh, sneeze, sneeze at, sneezeguard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sneerHe observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer. Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST The Internet might sneer at Monarch, but all press is good press, after all. Porn Company Wants Amanda Knox To Star In Adult Entertainment Film|Lizzie Crocker|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The serious magazines felt similarly behooved to weigh in, also largely to sneer. ‘You’ve Got to Be Kidding’: Why Adults Dismissed The Beatles in 1964|Michael Tomasky|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST So when they tumble off, the fact that we cheer and sneer is awful, hypocritical, and deeply, sometimes savagely unkind. Justin Bieber's Spiritual Crisis|Joshua DuBois|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No liberal stereotype, from Birkenstocks to the French, vegans, and NPR, is too tired to sneer at. Sarah Palin Serves Up a Healthy Serving of Venom in Her Christmas Book|Michelle Cottle|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST "We don't see much of your money," he commented, with a sneer. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish|Vance Barnum You say he was reckoned a good officer; what a sneer is that on the art military! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever There, in the shadow, just beyond the rim of his own lantern light, was the desk where Jim Ellison used to sit—and sneer at him. The Rival Campers Ashore|Ruel Perley Smith The issue may yet have been undecided when he turned round to Jethro with a sneer which he could not resist. Coniston, Complete|Winston Churchill There was a sneer on Slades lips and his frigid eyes filled her with a vague dread. The Gray Phantom|Herman Landon
British Dictionary definitions for sneer
nouna 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 Derived forms of sneersneerer, nounsneerful, adjectivesneering, adjective, nounsneeringly, adverbWord Origin for sneerC16: perhaps from Low Dutch; compare North Frisian sneere contempt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sneertaunt, jeer, scoff, deride, belittle, grin, dump, twit, gird, slam, jest, rally, caricature, leer, swipe, insult, lampoon, decry, travesty, crack |