sneer

[sneer]

If your smile is contorted with contempt or your upper lip curled with distaste and disdain, you're probably sneering. And you should stop, because it isn't nice.

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To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

Noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

Noun
a contemptuous or scornful remark

Verb
smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister''s efforts to play the song on the piano"

Verb
express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"

v. i.
To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

v. i.
To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

v. i.
To show mirth awkwardly.

v. t.
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.

v. t.
To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.

n.
The act of sneering.

n.
A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.

Sneer

Sneer , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneering.] [OE. sneren, Dan. snrre to snarl or grin (like a dog); cf. Prov. E. sneer to grin, sner to snort, snert to sneer at. See Snore, v. i.] 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.] Tatler. Syn. -- 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.

Sneer

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. Congreve.
"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

Sneer, n. 1. The act of sneering. 2. A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt. "Who can refute a sneer?" Raley.

To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.

The act of sneering.

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Usage Examples

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.