sneering

sneer (snîr)

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.

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Adj.

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"

snide, supercilious

uncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

Translations

sneering [ˈsnɪərɪŋ] ADJ [tone etc] → burlador y despreciativo, lleno de desprecio

sneering

adj, sneeringly

adv → höhnisch, spöttisch

sneering [ˈsnɪərɪŋ]

1. adj (smile, remark) → beffardo/a

2. n → beffe fpl

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As the frantic old man thus spoke and thus trampled with his live and dead feet, a sneering triumph that seemed meant for Ahab, and a fatalistic despair that seemed meant for himself --these passed over the mute, motionless Parsee's face.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

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 to, I could see that--but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

Tom's success in this affair soon began to ring over the country, and various were the censures passed upon it; some greatly applauding it as an act of good nature; others sneering, and saying, "No wonder that one idle fellow should love another.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

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