sneered; sneering; sneers
1
: to smile or laugh with facial contortions that express scorn or contempt
2
: to speak or write in a scornfully jeering manner
: to utter with a sneer
sneerer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of sneer in a Sentence
Verb
“You obviously don't know what you're talking about,” she sneered.
they brushed off his sneer and went about their business
Noun
She looked at me with a sneer of disgust.
“They're paranoid,” he said with a sneer.
The novel elicited sneers from the critics.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 May 2024
Lustily sneering her dialogue in an exaggerated accent, Winslet throws her all into the character, but to what end?
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
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Verb
The Republican strategist respected the cynics and critics across the table enough to talk, not sneer.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 May 2024
Lustily sneering her dialogue in an exaggerated accent, Winslet throws her all into the character, but to what end?
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Sneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneer. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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sneer
1 of 2 verb1
: to smile or laugh with expressions of scorn
2
: to speak or write in a scorning manner
sneerer
noun
sneer
2 of 2 noun
: a sneering expression or remark
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