Word Definition

Sneer

  1. To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
  2. A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.
  3. To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
  4. To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
  5. The act of sneering.
  6. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
  7. To show mirth awkwardly.