Sekirov Dictionary

sneer

UK /snɪə̯/US /snɪɚ̯/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun2

•
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinked lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor well those passions read — 1817
A display of contempt; scorn.

verb2

To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
•
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
- to sneer fulsome lies at a person

forms

sneered · sneering · sneereth · sneers · sneerest

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