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sneerer

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sneer  (snîr)
n.
1. A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip.
2. A contemptuous facial expression, sound, or statement.
v. sneered, sneer·ing, sneers
v.tr.
To utter with a sneer or in a sneering manner.
v.intr.
1. To assume a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive facial expression.
2. To speak in a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive manner.

[From Middle English sneren, to mock, alteration of Old English fnran, to breathe heavily; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]

sneerer n.
sneerful, sneery adj.
sneering·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sneerer - a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
Translations
sneerer [ˈsnɪərəʳ] Nmofador(a) m/f
sneerer
nSpötter(in) m(f)


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Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct, unless the prudence which must be supposed to attend maidens at that period of life at which Mrs Deborah had arrived, should a little lessen his admiration.
ere thirty he has joined the ranks of the sneerers.
 
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