B2verb · transitive · rare

sneer

sneer · sneers · sneered · sneering

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To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scornTo raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

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UK/snɪə̯/US/snɪɚ̯/

» Don't sneer at that.

Meaning

2 senses

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

More definitions

smile contemptuously
express through a scornful smile

Examples

19 sentences

Don't sneer at that.
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Don't sneer at me.
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Tom was sneered at.
ruНад Томом насмехались.
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Ziri sneered before he also left.
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He curled his lip in a sneer.
ruОн насмешливо скривил губу.
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Origin

From Middle English sneren (“to mock, scoff at”), from Old English fnǣran (“to snort”), fr

From Middle English sneren (“to mock, scoff at”), from Old English fnǣran (“to snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *fnāʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *fnesaną (“to pant, gasp”). Akin to North Frisian sneere (“to scorn”), Middle High German snerren (“to chatter; gossip”), Danish snerre (“to growl, snarl”).

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