verb, noun
verb ~ (at sb/sth) to show that you have no respect for sb by the expression on your face or by the way you speak:
[V] He sneered at people who liked pop music. * a sneering comment / smile / laugh * [Vspeech] 'You? A writer?' she sneered.
sneeringly adverb
noun [usuallysing.] an unpleasant look, smile or comment that shows you do not respect sb/sth:
'And who are you, then?' he asked with a sneer in his voice. * A faint sneer of satisfaction crossed her face.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sneer is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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