英语词汇“sneer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

sneersneer1 /snɪr/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsneer¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps copying the action

VERB TABLE

sneer

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sneer
	he, she, it	sneers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sneered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sneered
	he, she, it	has sneered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sneered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sneer
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sneered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sneering
	he, she, it	is sneering
	you, we, they	are sneering
Past	I, he, she, it	was sneering
	you, we, they	were sneering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sneering
	he, she, it	has been sneering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sneering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sneering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sneering

to smile or speak in an unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something: “Is that your best suit?” she sneered.sneer at The critics sneered at his paintings.—sneering adjective: a sneering letter—sneeringly adverb