Definitions of Sneer [ɪər]

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Definition of 'Sneer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) sneer
to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt:
sneering at someone's pretensions.

2.  sneer
to speak or write in a manner expressive of derision or scorn.

3. (v.t.) sneer
to utter or say in a sneering manner.

4. (n.) sneer
a look of contempt.

5.  sneer
a derisive or scornful utterance.

6.  sneer
an act of sneering.

Etymology: (1545–55; orig., to snort; cf. Fris (North) sneeresnarl¹)

Definition of 'Sneer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sneer, leer
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

2. (verb) sneer
a contemptuous or scornful remark

3. (verb) sneer
express through a scornful smile
"she sneered her contempt"

4. (verb) sneer
smile contemptuously
"she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"

Definition of 'Sneer'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) sneer
to laugh in a disapproving and unpleasant way
All his achievements should be celebrated, not sneered at.

Definition of 'Sneer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Sneer
the act of sneering

2. (noun) Sneer
a smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt

3. (verb) Sneer
to show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression

4. (verb) Sneer
to inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively

5. (verb) Sneer
to show mirth awkwardly

6. (verb) Sneer
to utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person

7. (verb) Sneer
to treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers

Translation of 'Sneer'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of smile that expresses scorn What are you sneering for?
Afrikaans: grinnik	Arabic: يَهْزأ، يَسْخَر	Bulgarian: подсмивам се
Brazilian: sorrir com desdém	Czech: pohrdavě se usmívat	German: höhnisch grinsen
Danish: le hånligt	Greek: χαμογελώ περιφρονητικά	Spanish: sonreír burlonamente/con
Estonian: irvitama	Farsi: ريشخند كردن	Finnish: virnuilla
French: sourire d'un air méprisan	Hebrew: לְגַחֵך	Hindi: हंसी उड़ाना, उपहास करना
Croatian: podsmjehivati se	Hungarian: gúnyosan mosolyog	Indonesian: mencibir
Icelandic: fitja uppá trÿnið	Italian: ghignare, sogghignare	Japanese: あざ笑う
Korean: 조소하다	Lithuanian: nusišiepti, šaipytis	Latvian: vīpsnāt
Malay: menyeringai	Dutch: grijnzen	Norwegian: le hånlig, hånflire
Polish: uśmiechać się szyderczo	Persian: ريشخند كردن	Pashto: ملنډې وهل، خندل (پورې
Portuguese: sorrir com desdém	Romanian: a surâde dispreţuitor	Russian: усмехаться
Slovak: pohŕdavo sa usmievať, škľ	Slovenian: posmehovati se	Serbian: podrugivati se
Swedish: hånle	Thai: ยิ้มเยาะ	Turkish: dudak bükerek alaycı alay
Taiwanese: 嘲笑	Ukrainian: глузливо посміхатися	Urdu: ترش روئی سے ہنسنا
Vietnamese: cười nhếch mép, cười khin	Chinese: 嘲笑
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