SNEER
\snˈi͡ə], \snˈiə], \s_n_ˈiə]\
Definitions of SNEER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
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To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
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To show mirth awkwardly.
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To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
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To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
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The act of sneering.
By Oddity Software
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To show contempt by an expression of the face, as by curling the lips, etc.; to speak contemptuously or with ridicule. often followed by at; as, to sneer at religion.
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To utter in a scornful manner.
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Contempt or scorn shown in speech or manner; a scornful or contemptuous smile.
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Sneeringly.
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Sneerer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sneeringly.
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Sneerer.
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To show contempt by the expression of the face, as by turning up the nose: to insinuate contempt.
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An indirect expression of contempt.
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SNEERING.
By Daniel Lyons
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Sneeringly.
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Sneerer.
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SNEERING.
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To utter with a sneer.
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A grimace of contempt; a contemptuous insinuation.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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