Sneer

Definition: Sneer

Sneer

Noun

1. A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls.

2. A contemptuous or scornful remark.

Verb

1. Express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt".

2. Smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sneer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Note: Sneer \Sneer\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Sneered; Sneering.]. (references)

Synonym: Sneer

Contempt

Noun: contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; despisal, despiciency; despisement; vilipendency, contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; despect.

Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful).

Detraction

Verb: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap; belittle; sneer at; (contemn); criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend; avile; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake; backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against; speak ill of behind one's back.

Disapprobation

Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.

Satire; sneer; (contempt); taunt; (disrespect); cavil, carping, censoriousness; hypercriticism; (fastidiousness).

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Crosswords: Sneer

What's your lofty mission in life that lets you sneer at my humble profession (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

Don't sneer at educated people, Mr. Wormwood (Matilda; writing credit: Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl.)

That's where complacency and indolence reside Look here, at the bridge of the nose, why do you sneer so often, Maria (Viskningar och rop; writing credit: Ingmar Bergman)

In fact, I am so sweet and loveable, cuddly toys just sneer at me. (Press Gang; writing credit: Steven Moffat)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The ventriloquist, however, finished his sneer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "sneer": sneer at. Additional references.

Beginning with "sneer": sneer-a-like, sneer-along.

Albanian

thumb (clapper, cleat, dart, nipple, Pike, Spike, sting, stinger, tack, taunt, tongue of bell, wisecrack), tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), nënqeshje (chuckle), nënqesh (chuckle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملاحظة ساخرة (dig, jeer, jest, skit, slant, wipe), ‏هزأ ب (deride, gibe, gird, hold up, laugh at, mockery, roast), ‏هزء (flout, gibe, scoff), ‏نخر (carious, gnaw, grunt, rot), ‏نظرة ساخرة (fleer), ‏لفظ بسخرية, ‏قول ساخر, ‏حدث صوتا كالنخير, ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏إبتسامة ساخرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

усмихвам се подигравателно, саркастична забележка (quip, sarcastic remark), сарказъм (acerbity, hit, nip, pungency, sarcasm), осмивам (deride, lampoon, mock, ridicule, satirize, scoff, take off, twit), презирам (bar, contemn, despise, disdain, execrate, misprise, misprize, scorn), подсмивам се (chuckle, snicker, sniggle), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, snub, sport, twit, wipe), подигравателна усмивка, подигравам се (gird, jape, jeer, jest, quiz, scoff). (various references)

Chinese 

冷笑 (Sneered, sneering), 嘲笑 (jeer, mockery, scoff). (various references)

Czech

vysmívat se (deride, fleer, laugh at, scoff), uštìpaèný smích, ušklíbat se, posmìch (derision, jeer, mock, ridicule, scoff, taunt), jízlivý úsmìv, jízlivì se smát, dobírat si (kid, pick, tease), úsmìšek (taunt), úšklebek (grimace, grin, jeer, wipe). (various references)

Dutch

spotlachen, ginnegappen. (various references)

Esperanto

rikani. (various references)

Faeroese

flenna upp á háð. (various references)

Farsi 

پوزخندزدن (Grin, Simper, Smirk, Snicker, Titter), پوزخند (Grin, Smirk, Snicker), نیشخند, تمسخر (Derision, Irony, Scoff, Scorn), استهزاء (Derision, Jeer, Mockery, Scoff), باتمسخربیان کردن . (various references)

Finnish

virnistellä (grimace, grin, leer, make a wry face), pilkkahuuto (hoot, jeer), ivahymy, hymyillä (grin, simper, smile, smile all over one's face, smile on, smirk), hymyhuuli (grin, simper, smile, smile all over one's face, smile on, smirk). (various references)

French

ricaner (snigger). (various references)

German

spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, flout, gibe, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, ridicule, scoff, scorn, taunt, to mock), Spott (derision, derisiveness, fleer, gibe, jeer, jibe, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, scoff, taunt), spöttisches lächeln, spöttische bemerkung, spöttisch grinsen, spötteln (mock, to sneer), höhnisches lächeln, höhnische bemerkung (jeer, taunt), höhnisch grinsen, höhnen (jeer, mock, scoff), grinsen (grin, smirk, to grin, to smirk, to sneer), grinse, auslachen (laugh at, laugh down, to laugh (at)). (various references)

Greek 

χλευάζω (deride, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pish, rail, scoff, taunt). (various references)

Hebrew 

מבט של לע�', ללעו�' (deride, gibe, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff), לל�'ל�' (gibe, mock, poke fun, rally, rib, scoff, taunt), לחיך בלע�', לאפוז (jeer, laugh at, mock, scoff), ל�"לעיב (affront, insult), ל�'לו�' (derision, irony, jeer, laugh at, mock, mockery, ridicule, taunt), לס� וט (annoy, irritate, mock, tease), בוז (contempt, disdain, disgrace, shame). (various references)

Hungarian

gúnyos mosoly. (various references)

Indonesian

menyeringai (grimace). (various references)

Italian

sogghigno (fleer, grin), sogghignare (chuckle, grin), sghignazzare (giggle, laugh scornfully), scherno (derision, jeer, mockery, scoff, scorn, taunt), ghignare, deridere (deride, hoot, jeer, laugh, laugh at, mock, scoff), commento sarcastico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

冷評 (jeer, sarcasm), 冷罵 (abuse, scoffing), 嘲笑 (scorn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

れいひょう (jeer, sarcasm), れいば (abuse, scoffing), ちょうしょう (funeral bell, scorn, sign, token). (various references)

Korean 

비웃음 (Gibe). (various references)

Manx

scryssey (cancel, cancellation; growl, eliminate, elimination, erase, forage, grin, pare down, rub out, scrap, scrape, scrape away, scraping, scratch, shave, strike out, wipe out, write off), grinderys (sarcasm, satire), faghid (contempt, derision, distain, insult, mockery, ridicule, scorn). (various references)

Pig Latin

eersnay.(various references)

Portuguese

sorriso de escárnio, sarcasmo (acidness, acridity, gibe, gird, irony, jibe, lash, sarcasm, satire, taunt), zombaria (chaff, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule, scoff, slyness, sport), zombar de (chaff, flout, rag, ridicule), zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, twit), escarnecer de, escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, scoff, taunt), dirigir sarcasmos, darumarderisoalvaroumordaz, chacota (mockery, persiflage, scoff), burla (cantrip, chouse, mockery, mystification, spoof, swindle). (various references)

Romanian

surâs dispreţuitor, sarcasm (acridity, causticity, fling, malice, mordacity, sarcasm), zâmbet dispreţuitor, ricana, rânji (grin, simper, smirk, snarl), rânjet (grin, simper, smirk), lua în zeflemele, insinuare (hint, innuendo, insinuation, pointing, slur), expresie (articulation, brow, cast, expression, formulary, locution, loose, mien, phrase, term), a-şi bate joc de (ballyrag, deride, have a fling at, hold in derision, lash, make fun of, mock, scamp, sport, trifle). (various references)

Russian 

усмешка (curl of the lips, grin, ineptness), глумление (mockery), насмехаться (deride, frump, gird, guy, jeer, jibe, mock, taunt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

podsmeh (flout, jibe, ridicule, scoff, spectacle, taunt), podrugljivo se osmehnuti, podrugljiv osmeh. (various references)

Spanish

hacer un visaje de burla y desprecio, comentario despreciativo, cara de desprecio, burla (circumvention, derision, gag, gibe, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, persiflage, ragging, scoff, scoffing, skit, takeoff, trick). (various references)

Swedish

hånleende (fleer), håna (deride, flout, gibe, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, taunt), gliring (gibe, innuendo, jeer, shy, squib, taunt). (various references)

Thai

พู�"�"ูถูก, ยิ้มเยาะ (smirk, sniff at), คำพู�"เยาะเย้ย (gibe, jibe). (various references)

Turkish

küçümseyerek gülme (tehee), küçümsemek (belittle, contemn, defy, depreciate, despise, disdain, flout, look down on, make light of, minimize, pooh pooh, scorn, underestimate, underrate, undervalue), gülmek (laugh, laugh at, smile, smile on), alayla gülümsemek, alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, scoff, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

усміхатися (chuckle, smile), усмішка (smile), глузувати (banter, flout, jeer, jest, poke fun, quirk, scoff, taunt, twit), глузування (banter, dig, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, scoff, send up, twit, wipe, witticism), насміхатися (deride, fleer, gibe, jibe, quiz). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cười khinh bỉ, cười chế nhạo chế nhạo. (various references)

subsannabant, subsannabis, subsannabit, subsannabo, subsannant, subsannantibus, subsannat, subsannatae, subsannator, subsannaverunt, subsannavit. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sneer": sneered, sneerer, sneerers, sneerful, sneering, sneers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sneer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asnier, Enefer, esner, ineer, kneer, Neer, sencer, Seneb, Seneferu, senere, Senex, senir, senser, siner, sinere, sjer, skeer, sknee, smeer, smer, snaa, snair, sne, snea, snear, snee, sneeer, sneek, sneet, sneez, snef, snem, snen, sner, snerl, snez, snieg, snire, sqer, Srnecek, sweer, sxer, syner, szer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ernes.

-1 letter: erne, erns, rees, seen, seer, sene, sere.

-2 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, nee, ree, res, see, sen, ser.

-3 letters: en, er, es, ne, re.

+1 letter: censer, denser, enders, enserf, ensure, enters, enures, genres, greens, kernes, nereis, nerves, nester, preens, ranees, renest, renews, rentes, reseen, resend, resent, resewn, screen, secern, seiner, sender, serein, serene, serine, sneers, tenser, ternes, treens.

+2 letters: arenose, benders, boreens, careens, caserne, censers, censure, centers, centres, crenels, decerns, deniers, earners, earnest, eastern, encores, endears, endorse, endures, enrages, enrobes, enserfs, ensnare, ensured, ensurer, ensures, entires, entrees, entries, enviers, erepsin, ermines, eserine, estrone, eveners, externs, fencers, fenders, flenser, freshen, fresnel, genders, gerents, germens, greisen, gyrenes, henries, inheres, inverse, keeners, kernels, leaners, lenders, liernes, meaners, menders, moreens, nearest, neckers, necrose, needers, nereids, nesters, nestler, netters, neuters, newsier, openers, penners, penster, present, pyrenes, recanes, reddens, redness, reearns, refines, regents, relends, relents, relines, remends, renames, renders, reneges, renests, rennase, rennets, renters, reopens, repents, repines, rerisen, resends, resents, reshine, reshone, resined, retenes, retines, retunes, rezones, scenery, screens, secerns, seiners, senders, senores, sereins, serener, serenes, serines, serpent, sincere, slender, sneaker, sneered, sneerer, sneezer, sneller, spencer, spender, sterner, styrene, teeners, tenders, tenners, tenrecs, tenters, tenures, trienes, tureens, unfrees, unreels, veiners, venders, veneers, venires, venters, versine, weaners, weiners, western, wieners, yestern.