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Sneering   /snˈɪrɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Sneer  v. t.  
1.
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. ""A ship of fools," he sneered."
2.
To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers. "Nor sneered nor bribed from virtue into shame."


Sneer  v. i.  (past & past part. sneered; pres. part. sneering)  
1.
To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
2.
To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. "I could be content to be a little sneared at."
3.
To show mirth awkwardly. (R.)
Synonyms: To scoff; gibe; jeer. Sneer, Scoff, Jeer. The verb to sneer implies to cast contempt indirectly or by covert expressions. To jeer is stronger, and denotes the use of several sarcastic reflections. To scoff is stronger still, implying the use of insolent mockery and derision. "And sneers as learnedly as they, Like females o'er their morning tea." "Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears." "The fop, with learning at defiance, Scoffs at the pedant and science."





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"Sneering" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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
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