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Sneer
/snɪə̯/
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
📖 Definitions of "Sneer"
- 1
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- 2
A display of contempt; scorn.
- 1
To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
- 2
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
""Now here's someone who should attend privilege workshops," sneered she."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| leernoun | (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. |
| scoffverb | (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. |
| derideverb | (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn. |
| smirknoun | An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful. |
| neighnoun | The cry of a horse. |
| snootnoun | (informal) An elitist or snobbish person. |
| wrinklenoun | A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. |
| grinnoun | A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth. |
| snerkverb | (Internet slang) To snicker or snort with laughter to express amusement. |
| snortnoun | The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. |
| scowlnoun | The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. |
| smickerverb | (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To look or smile seductively or amorously. |
| snuffnoun | Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose. |
| sleernoun | (obsolete) To mock or jeer. |
| skennoun | (Northern English) to glance |
| sniggernoun | (chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh. |
| girnnoun | A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. |
| raise an eyebrowverb | to show scepticism, surprise or as a result of being mildly scandalised. |
| sniftnoun | (UK dialectal, uncountable) A light dusting, as of snow. |
| snirtlenoun | a snigger |
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