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Sneering

adjective

Expressive of contempt. Synonyms: snide, supercilious. "Spoke in a sneering jeering manner" , "Makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

Sneer

verb

(past & past part. sneered; pres. part. sneering)

Express through a scornful smile.

Smile contemptuously.

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... Thou wert of sneering, cynical Voltaire, The only friend; thy power urged Balzac's mind To glorious effort; surely Heaven designed Thy devotees ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... now of your fine young lady?" he demanded, turning to Helm with a sneering curl of his mouth. "She gives thanks copiously for a kindness, ...

— Alice of Old Vincennes • Maurice Thompson

... of what he had not known, "hounds are only for run-aways," this with a sneering look at odd marks ...

— Heralds of Empire - Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade • Agnes C. Laut

... find Monsieur agree with his son's ambition; but gave a flat refusal when overtures were made to him on the subject. All hope of rising to a high command was thus forbidden to the Duc de Chartres; so that Madame had a fine excuse for sneering at the weakness which had been shown by Monsieur, who, on his part, had long before repented of it. He winked, therefore, at all the escapades performed or threatened by his son, and said nothing, not being sorry that the King should ...

— The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete • Duc de Saint-Simon

... sorry to disturb so pleasant a party," he said in a sneering voice, "but if Americans choose to entertain the enemies of their country they ...

— True to the Old Flag - A Tale of the American War of Independence • G. A. Henty

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