Sneering can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| sneering - expressive of contempt; "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" | ||
Verb |
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| sneer - smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano" | ||
| sneer - express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt" | ||
Noun |
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| sneer - a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | ||
| sneer - a contemptuous or scornful remark |
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| 1. | adj. | Spoke in a sneering jeering manner. | |
| 2. | adj. | I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolness — frightened too, I could see that — but carrying it off really like Satan. | |
| 3. | verb | He turned to his orange juice sullenly, sneering that every little additive would sign him up for experiments he wanted no part in. | |
| 4. | noun | He curled his lip in a sneer. | |
| 5. | noun | There was a laughing devil in his sneer. | |
| 6. | noun | He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. | |
| 7. | noun | He curled his lip in a sneer. | |
| 8. | noun | There was a laughing devil in his sneer. | |
| 9. | noun | He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. |
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| adj. | |
| Spoke in a sneering jeering manner. |
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| I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolness — frightened too, I could see that — but carrying it off really like Satan. | |
| verb | |
| He turned to his orange juice sullenly, sneering that every little additive would sign him up for experiments he wanted no part in. | |
| noun | |
| He curled his lip in a sneer. | |
| There was a laughing devil in his sneer. | |
| He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. | |
| He curled his lip in a sneer. | |
| There was a laughing devil in his sneer. | |
| He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. | |