Definition of sneer in English:

sneer

noun snɪəsnɪr

A contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone.
he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer
Example sentencesExamples
- His bitter frown transformed itself into a sneer and then a contemptuous smile.
- Twelve guards entered the room, scowls and sneers on their faces.
- I was instantly flanked by two guards with a countenance of half sneers, half smiles on their faces.
- He smiled at her, and she almost mistook it for a sneer, for the smile did not reach his eyes.
- Then his mouth twisted into something that was a mixture of a sneer and a smile.
- And the smile soon subsided to a slight sneer, as if she had seen that look in a million men's eyes before.
- I turned the sneer into a smile, and not for the first time my mother was unable to return it.
- Most of the time he fell back on cold disdainful looks and mocking sneers, which were working out pretty well.
- She explains, still gracious though with a slight sneer to her smiling nature this time.
- I pointed in both directions when appropriate, my lips curling slightly in a sneer.
- The director keeps the camera close to their faces, and the scenes are played out with smiles, winces, sneers, vulgarities, long pauses, shrugs, inane repetitions, dartings, and aversions of the eyes.
- But the air was just as thick with the old sneers and jeers.
- She got sneers, insults, and hateful looks all day, not to mention suggestive ones from the male population, but she had just ignored them.
- They'll have to put up with our weapon of choice: the condescending sneer.
- At no moment does he pass up the chance of a cheap sneer or a jeer.
- A tingling feeling crept over his form, and an arrogant sneer then crept over his face.
- He showed a very strange smile, almost a sneer before crouching a bit down so that he was face to face with me.
- And so I thought that the massive sneer with which his remarks were greeted was unjustified.
- The woman strode past him with a disdainful sneer and entering the temple, glanced about.
- When Sean was safely out of earshot, he allowed his upper lip to curl into the slightest sneer.
Synonyms
curl of the/one's lip, disparaging smile, contemptuous smile, smug smile, conceited smile, cruel smile, mirthless smile, smirk, snicker, snigger
jibe, barb, jeer, taunt, insult, cutting remark, slight, affront, slur, insinuation
(sneers), scorn, scoffing, contempt, disdain, mockery, ridicule, derision
informal dig

verb snɪəsnɪr

[no object]

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
she had sneered at their bad taste
with direct speech ‘I see you're conservative in your ways,’ David sneered
Example sentencesExamples
- We asked their staff to buy the paper and they sneered in my face.
- They have long sneered at the US laws on internet gaming, arguing they were unenforce-able.
- Both know how to ask worthwhile questions and to draw an interviewee out without sneering at them.
- Top-hatted footmen guard the entrances, sneering politely at the clientele and keeping the passing rabble at bay.
- Far better that he languishes forgotten, which would punish him, rather than give him attention by sneering at him.
- When I said that few people make real choices about their lives she sneered contemptuously at me.
- Their anger was a pose, and the pose made a lot of people a lot of money, even as it sneered at the commercialisation of mainstream pop and rock.
- Their efforts will deserve credit, not sneering from the sidelines.
- She spent most of the time sneering down her nose at people.
- Here we may be sneering at the devaluation of the single currency, but in Germany they're laughing all the way to the export markets.
- Thus it's easier to regain the high ground by laughing or sneering, or complaining about art getting in the way of commuters.
- He positively sneered at me when I announced I was going to take guitar lessons.
- Surely the whole event reeked of the political correctness that you've made a fortune from sneering at?
- The people sneered and mocked me as I descended down the stairs.
- He smiled and she sneered at him, then took a sip of coffee and returned to poking her eggs.
- Far from sneering at our obsolete goods, they'd be raving about all our fabulous antiques.
- He sneered and shared a conspiratorial wink with someone over my shoulder.
- His stunning voice has always had a caustic force behind it, almost as if he's sneering and laughing all at once.
- He looked round at me and I swear to this day he sneered at me.
- He was contemptuous and sneering in pointing out that we were in the wrong carriage.
Synonyms
curl one's lip, smile disparagingly, smile contemptuously, smile smugly, smile conceitedly, smile cruelly, smile mirthlessly, smirk, snicker, snigger
scoff at, scorn, be contemptuous of, treat with contempt, hold in contempt, disdain, mock, jeer at, gibe at, ridicule, deride, taunt, insult, make cutting remarks about, slight, affront
North American slur
North American informal jive

Derivatives

sneerer

noun ˈsnɪərəˈsnɪrər

With a sneer in his voice that must have impressed even the great sneerer himself, the health secretary seized the moral high-ground as he insisted he would not rise to the bait.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sneerers have been out in force again.
- It's become possible to sneer at the sneerers.
- Indeed if the sneerers looked hard enough they would see that we are not the only ones that do not define our interests exclusively in regional terms.
- Well, I can assure the snipers and sneerers that I have been consistent.

sneeringly

adverbˈsnɪərɪŋliˈsnɪrɪŋli

He was, it was said sneeringly, hiring mercenaries.
Example sentencesExamples
- He says, sneeringly, ‘What do you know about communists?’
- It's another reason I so prefer the culture of science to that of our sneeringly mendacious government administration.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of imitative origin.

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

Definition of sneer in US English:

sneer

nounsnirsnɪr

A contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone.
he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer
Example sentencesExamples
- She explains, still gracious though with a slight sneer to her smiling nature this time.
- He showed a very strange smile, almost a sneer before crouching a bit down so that he was face to face with me.
- She got sneers, insults, and hateful looks all day, not to mention suggestive ones from the male population, but she had just ignored them.
- And so I thought that the massive sneer with which his remarks were greeted was unjustified.
- At no moment does he pass up the chance of a cheap sneer or a jeer.
- Most of the time he fell back on cold disdainful looks and mocking sneers, which were working out pretty well.
- When Sean was safely out of earshot, he allowed his upper lip to curl into the slightest sneer.
- I turned the sneer into a smile, and not for the first time my mother was unable to return it.
- Then his mouth twisted into something that was a mixture of a sneer and a smile.
- Twelve guards entered the room, scowls and sneers on their faces.
- They'll have to put up with our weapon of choice: the condescending sneer.
- He smiled at her, and she almost mistook it for a sneer, for the smile did not reach his eyes.
- His bitter frown transformed itself into a sneer and then a contemptuous smile.
- I was instantly flanked by two guards with a countenance of half sneers, half smiles on their faces.
- I pointed in both directions when appropriate, my lips curling slightly in a sneer.
- The woman strode past him with a disdainful sneer and entering the temple, glanced about.
- The director keeps the camera close to their faces, and the scenes are played out with smiles, winces, sneers, vulgarities, long pauses, shrugs, inane repetitions, dartings, and aversions of the eyes.
- But the air was just as thick with the old sneers and jeers.
- A tingling feeling crept over his form, and an arrogant sneer then crept over his face.
- And the smile soon subsided to a slight sneer, as if she had seen that look in a million men's eyes before.
Synonyms
curl of one's lip, curl of the lip, disparaging smile, contemptuous smile, smug smile, conceited smile, cruel smile, mirthless smile, smirk, snicker, snigger
jibe, barb, jeer, taunt, insult, cutting remark, slight, affront, slur, insinuation

verbsnirsnɪr

[no object]

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
she had sneered at their bad taste
with direct speech “I see you're conservative in your ways,” David sneered
Example sentencesExamples
- He sneered and shared a conspiratorial wink with someone over my shoulder.
- He positively sneered at me when I announced I was going to take guitar lessons.
- Their anger was a pose, and the pose made a lot of people a lot of money, even as it sneered at the commercialisation of mainstream pop and rock.
- He smiled and she sneered at him, then took a sip of coffee and returned to poking her eggs.
- He looked round at me and I swear to this day he sneered at me.
- Both know how to ask worthwhile questions and to draw an interviewee out without sneering at them.
- Far from sneering at our obsolete goods, they'd be raving about all our fabulous antiques.
- Far better that he languishes forgotten, which would punish him, rather than give him attention by sneering at him.
- He was contemptuous and sneering in pointing out that we were in the wrong carriage.
- When I said that few people make real choices about their lives she sneered contemptuously at me.
- Their efforts will deserve credit, not sneering from the sidelines.
- Surely the whole event reeked of the political correctness that you've made a fortune from sneering at?
- Top-hatted footmen guard the entrances, sneering politely at the clientele and keeping the passing rabble at bay.
- They have long sneered at the US laws on internet gaming, arguing they were unenforce-able.
- We asked their staff to buy the paper and they sneered in my face.
- Here we may be sneering at the devaluation of the single currency, but in Germany they're laughing all the way to the export markets.
- The people sneered and mocked me as I descended down the stairs.
- She spent most of the time sneering down her nose at people.
- His stunning voice has always had a caustic force behind it, almost as if he's sneering and laughing all at once.
- Thus it's easier to regain the high ground by laughing or sneering, or complaining about art getting in the way of commuters.
Synonyms
curl one's lip, smile disparagingly, smile contemptuously, smile smugly, smile conceitedly, smile cruelly, smile mirthlessly, smirk, snicker, snigger
scoff at, scorn, be contemptuous of, treat with contempt, hold in contempt, disdain, mock, jeer at, gibe at, ridicule, deride, taunt, insult, make cutting remarks about, slight, affront

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of imitative origin.

单词	sneer
释义	Definition of sneer in English: sneer noun snɪəsnɪr A contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone. he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer Example sentencesExamples His bitter frown transformed itself into a sneer and then a contemptuous smile. Twelve guards entered the room, scowls and sneers on their faces. I was instantly flanked by two guards with a countenance of half sneers, half smiles on their faces. He smiled at her, and she almost mistook it for a sneer, for the smile did not reach his eyes. Then his mouth twisted into something that was a mixture of a sneer and a smile. And the smile soon subsided to a slight sneer, as if she had seen that look in a million men's eyes before. I turned the sneer into a smile, and not for the first time my mother was unable to return it. Most of the time he fell back on cold disdainful looks and mocking sneers, which were working out pretty well. She explains, still gracious though with a slight sneer to her smiling nature this time. I pointed in both directions when appropriate, my lips curling slightly in a sneer. The director keeps the camera close to their faces, and the scenes are played out with smiles, winces, sneers, vulgarities, long pauses, shrugs, inane repetitions, dartings, and aversions of the eyes. But the air was just as thick with the old sneers and jeers. She got sneers, insults, and hateful looks all day, not to mention suggestive ones from the male population, but she had just ignored them. They'll have to put up with our weapon of choice: the condescending sneer. At no moment does he pass up the chance of a cheap sneer or a jeer. A tingling feeling crept over his form, and an arrogant sneer then crept over his face. He showed a very strange smile, almost a sneer before crouching a bit down so that he was face to face with me. And so I thought that the massive sneer with which his remarks were greeted was unjustified. The woman strode past him with a disdainful sneer and entering the temple, glanced about. When Sean was safely out of earshot, he allowed his upper lip to curl into the slightest sneer. Synonyms curl of the/one's lip, disparaging smile, contemptuous smile, smug smile, conceited smile, cruel smile, mirthless smile, smirk, snicker, snigger jibe, barb, jeer, taunt, insult, cutting remark, slight, affront, slur, insinuation (sneers), scorn, scoffing, contempt, disdain, mockery, ridicule, derision informal dig verb snɪəsnɪr [no object] Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner. she had sneered at their bad taste with direct speech ‘I see you're conservative in your ways,’ David sneered Example sentencesExamples We asked their staff to buy the paper and they sneered in my face. They have long sneered at the US laws on internet gaming, arguing they were unenforce-able. Both know how to ask worthwhile questions and to draw an interviewee out without sneering at them. Top-hatted footmen guard the entrances, sneering politely at the clientele and keeping the passing rabble at bay. Far better that he languishes forgotten, which would punish him, rather than give him attention by sneering at him. When I said that few people make real choices about their lives she sneered contemptuously at me. Their anger was a pose, and the pose made a lot of people a lot of money, even as it sneered at the commercialisation of mainstream pop and rock. Their efforts will deserve credit, not sneering from the sidelines. She spent most of the time sneering down her nose at people. Here we may be sneering at the devaluation of the single currency, but in Germany they're laughing all the way to the export markets. Thus it's easier to regain the high ground by laughing or sneering, or complaining about art getting in the way of commuters. He positively sneered at me when I announced I was going to take guitar lessons. Surely the whole event reeked of the political correctness that you've made a fortune from sneering at? The people sneered and mocked me as I descended down the stairs. He smiled and she sneered at him, then took a sip of coffee and returned to poking her eggs. Far from sneering at our obsolete goods, they'd be raving about all our fabulous antiques. He sneered and shared a conspiratorial wink with someone over my shoulder. His stunning voice has always had a caustic force behind it, almost as if he's sneering and laughing all at once. He looked round at me and I swear to this day he sneered at me. He was contemptuous and sneering in pointing out that we were in the wrong carriage. Synonyms curl one's lip, smile disparagingly, smile contemptuously, smile smugly, smile conceitedly, smile cruelly, smile mirthlessly, smirk, snicker, snigger scoff at, scorn, be contemptuous of, treat with contempt, hold in contempt, disdain, mock, jeer at, gibe at, ridicule, deride, taunt, insult, make cutting remarks about, slight, affront North American slur North American informal jive Derivatives sneerer noun ˈsnɪərəˈsnɪrər With a sneer in his voice that must have impressed even the great sneerer himself, the health secretary seized the moral high-ground as he insisted he would not rise to the bait. Example sentencesExamples The sneerers have been out in force again. It's become possible to sneer at the sneerers. Indeed if the sneerers looked hard enough they would see that we are not the only ones that do not define our interests exclusively in regional terms. Well, I can assure the snipers and sneerers that I have been consistent. sneeringly adverbˈsnɪərɪŋliˈsnɪrɪŋli He was, it was said sneeringly, hiring mercenaries. Example sentencesExamples He says, sneeringly, ‘What do you know about communists?’ It's another reason I so prefer the culture of science to that of our sneeringly mendacious government administration. Origin Late Middle English: probably of imitative origin. Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre Definition of sneer in US English: sneer nounsnirsnɪr A contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone. he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer Example sentencesExamples She explains, still gracious though with a slight sneer to her smiling nature this time. He showed a very strange smile, almost a sneer before crouching a bit down so that he was face to face with me. She got sneers, insults, and hateful looks all day, not to mention suggestive ones from the male population, but she had just ignored them. And so I thought that the massive sneer with which his remarks were greeted was unjustified. At no moment does he pass up the chance of a cheap sneer or a jeer. Most of the time he fell back on cold disdainful looks and mocking sneers, which were working out pretty well. When Sean was safely out of earshot, he allowed his upper lip to curl into the slightest sneer. I turned the sneer into a smile, and not for the first time my mother was unable to return it. Then his mouth twisted into something that was a mixture of a sneer and a smile. Twelve guards entered the room, scowls and sneers on their faces. They'll have to put up with our weapon of choice: the condescending sneer. He smiled at her, and she almost mistook it for a sneer, for the smile did not reach his eyes. His bitter frown transformed itself into a sneer and then a contemptuous smile. I was instantly flanked by two guards with a countenance of half sneers, half smiles on their faces. I pointed in both directions when appropriate, my lips curling slightly in a sneer. The woman strode past him with a disdainful sneer and entering the temple, glanced about. The director keeps the camera close to their faces, and the scenes are played out with smiles, winces, sneers, vulgarities, long pauses, shrugs, inane repetitions, dartings, and aversions of the eyes. But the air was just as thick with the old sneers and jeers. A tingling feeling crept over his form, and an arrogant sneer then crept over his face. And the smile soon subsided to a slight sneer, as if she had seen that look in a million men's eyes before. Synonyms curl of one's lip, curl of the lip, disparaging smile, contemptuous smile, smug smile, conceited smile, cruel smile, mirthless smile, smirk, snicker, snigger jibe, barb, jeer, taunt, insult, cutting remark, slight, affront, slur, insinuation verbsnirsnɪr [no object] Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner. she had sneered at their bad taste with direct speech “I see you're conservative in your ways,” David sneered Example sentencesExamples He sneered and shared a conspiratorial wink with someone over my shoulder. He positively sneered at me when I announced I was going to take guitar lessons. Their anger was a pose, and the pose made a lot of people a lot of money, even as it sneered at the commercialisation of mainstream pop and rock. He smiled and she sneered at him, then took a sip of coffee and returned to poking her eggs. He looked round at me and I swear to this day he sneered at me. Both know how to ask worthwhile questions and to draw an interviewee out without sneering at them. Far from sneering at our obsolete goods, they'd be raving about all our fabulous antiques. Far better that he languishes forgotten, which would punish him, rather than give him attention by sneering at him. He was contemptuous and sneering in pointing out that we were in the wrong carriage. When I said that few people make real choices about their lives she sneered contemptuously at me. Their efforts will deserve credit, not sneering from the sidelines. Surely the whole event reeked of the political correctness that you've made a fortune from sneering at? Top-hatted footmen guard the entrances, sneering politely at the clientele and keeping the passing rabble at bay. They have long sneered at the US laws on internet gaming, arguing they were unenforce-able. We asked their staff to buy the paper and they sneered in my face. Here we may be sneering at the devaluation of the single currency, but in Germany they're laughing all the way to the export markets. The people sneered and mocked me as I descended down the stairs. She spent most of the time sneering down her nose at people. His stunning voice has always had a caustic force behind it, almost as if he's sneering and laughing all at once. Thus it's easier to regain the high ground by laughing or sneering, or complaining about art getting in the way of commuters. Synonyms curl one's lip, smile disparagingly, smile contemptuously, smile smugly, smile conceitedly, smile cruelly, smile mirthlessly, smirk, snicker, snigger scoff at, scorn, be contemptuous of, treat with contempt, hold in contempt, disdain, mock, jeer at, gibe at, ridicule, deride, taunt, insult, make cutting remarks about, slight, affront Origin Late Middle English: probably of imitative origin.
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