Definitions for sneers

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IPA: /snɪər/

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

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in sneers (eenrss).

Definitions for sneers

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 sneers

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

Examples for sneers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for sneers
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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