sneering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb express through a scornful smile
    sneer.
    • she sneered her contempt
  2. verb smile contemptuously
    sneer.
    • she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano
  3. adjective satellite expressive of contempt
    snide; supercilious.
    • curled his lip in a supercilious smile
    • spoke in a sneering jeering manner
    • makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one

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