Definitions for sneer

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IPA: /snɪər/

Sneer is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in sneer (eenrs).

Definitions for sneer

noun

1. a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
2. a derisive or scornful utterance, especially one more or less covert or insinuative.
3. an act of sneering.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter or say in a sneering manner.

verb (used without object)

1. to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt:
2. to speak or write in a manner expressive of derision or scorn.

Origin of sneer

1545-55; orig., to snort; compare Frisian (N dial.) sneere scornful remark, snarl¹

Examples for sneer

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.

The Internet might sneer at Monarch, but all press is good press, after all.

She had completed the verse with the hint of a sneer in her tones.

And sneer'd at just fraternity, and the equal rights of man.

"You have found a new business, I see," he said, with a sneer.

The serious magazines felt similarly behooved to weigh in, also largely to sneer.

He made an effort to shake off the feeling, and spoke with a sneer.

So when they tumble off, the fact that we cheer and sneer is awful, hypocritical, and deeply, sometimes savagely unkind.

You ought not thus to sneer at physic, and make me lose my precious time.

No liberal stereotype, from Birkenstocks to the French, vegans, and NPR, is too tired to sneer at.