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sneer - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sneer'

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
  • To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
  • to sneer fulsome lies at a person

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
  • A display of contempt; scorn.
  • * {{quote-book|year=1963|author=(Margery Allingham)|title=(The China Governess)
  • |chapter=8 citation |passage=It was a casual sneer , obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}

    See also

    * snarl

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