as in to laugh
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions
She sneered at me in disgust.
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Recent Examples of sneer
Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
But the camera sneers at her, creating a distancing effect that undermines the complexity of Moore’s performance.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Donning false teeth and a homicidal sneer, Dafoe embodied pure evil in Lynch’s crazed road movie, starring opposite Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Verb
In character as a free spirit who scorns social convention, Davis is all haughty tosses of the head and sneering lines.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
But the camera sneers at her, creating a distancing effect that undermines the complexity of Moore’s performance.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
Ruby’s face hardened, her lips twisting into a sneer.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Donning false teeth and a homicidal sneer, Dafoe embodied pure evil in Lynch’s crazed road movie, starring opposite Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneer
Verb
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Bean could be heard laughing at him from inside the classroom, the affidavits state.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2025
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With plummeting stocks, recalls and vandalism on his plate at Tesla, Elon Musk is not laughing.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But for just as long, any such talk has been met with smirks and sneers from outside Connecticut.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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But Jordana didn’t seem to think much of it other than a smirk.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Along the way, people honked, smiled, and stopped to chat.—
Elizabeth Endicott,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2025
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Apparently very relaxed and smiling , the couple appeared from the presidential box at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, as the prince is the patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, while the princess is the patron of the English Rugby Union.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.—
Greg Marotta,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The tribal leader sniggers; a trade with foreign infidels is inconceivable.—
Bing West,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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This offbeat comedy, which originally ran from 2007-10, thrives on less explicit social tensions: sniggers behind the back and raised eyebrows at the dinner table.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
26 Dec. 2019
Noun
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The footage shows Vance smiling and waving to the crowd from his box seat as the jeers continued.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The former Ohio senator responded to the jeers with a smile while waving to the crowd and sipping his wine, as seen in a video captured by Andrew Roth, a global affairs correspondent for the Guardian.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Sneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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