Definition of Sneer

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Definition of Sneer

Sneer

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

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

To show mirth awkwardly.

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

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

The act of sneering.

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

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Sneer Quotations

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

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.
Ovid

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.
William Hazlitt

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
Billy Bragg

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
Charles Kingsley

Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.
Gustav Heinemann

Who can refute a sneer?
William Paley

Sneer Translations

sneer in Dutch is grijnslachen, spotlachen, ginnegappen
sneer in French is ricaner

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