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UK
/snˈiəɹɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈsnɪɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsnɪɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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expressive of contempt
spoke in a sneering jeering manner
curled his lip in a supercilious smile
makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
How To Use sneering In A Sentence
- Here we may be sneering at the devaluation of the single currency, but in Germany they're laughing all the way to the export markets.
- The hipster cops are sneering at the two faux surfers: 'I'm all dialed in to see what happens if the pair of rainbow donks actually hit the briny on their unwaxed legs.' Joseph Wambaugh's latest: Loopy theatrics and lyrical language
- And so, with this in mind, and in the spirit of wild experimentation, this week, in place of the usual guttersnipe sneering, I bring you art. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: TV listings in haiku
- While pictures often portray the man sneering down his nose at the camera, in person he is strikingly soft-spoken, almost courtly.
- She has closed herself off - sneering at the young lovers, ignoring the footboy and the beggar.
- He wrote charming letters, but was sneering face to face. Times, Sunday Times
- Like geeky music snobs sneering as their favourite indie band climbs the charts, they view success as a sign of impurity, popularity as poison.
- Make no mistake, Harris is still sneering at the uncouth accents of his compatriots, except now he calls them consumers instead of hicks and they live in a subdivision instead of a holler.
- Thus it's easier to regain the high ground by laughing or sneering, or complaining about art getting in the way of commuters.
- He called the post "sneering" -- which it hardly was Evolution News & Views