SNEER


Meaning of SNEER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ snɪə(r) ]

( sneers, sneering, sneered)

If you sneer 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 sneer at anything the Opposition does...

‘Hypocrite,’ he sneered...

VERB : V at n , V with quote

Sneer is also a noun.

Canete’s mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer...

N-COUNT

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