(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ at someone or something, you express your contempt for them by the expression on your face or by what you say.
There is too great a readiness to ~ at anything the Opposition does...
‘Hypocrite,’ he ~ed...
VERB: V at n, V with quote
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Sneer is also a noun.
Canete’s mouth twisted in a contemptuous ~...
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