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Sneerer

Definition: Sneerer

Sneerer

Noun

1. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.

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

Date "sneerer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)


Synonym: Sneerer

Synonym: scorner (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Sneerer

Language Translations for "sneerer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏هازئ (persiflage), ‏ساخر (biting, bitter, cutting, cynic, cynical, derisive, derisory, epigram, giber, ironic, ironical, irradiant, lampooner, lampoonist, laughable, persiflage, quizzical, sarcastic, sardonic, saturnine, snide, tongue in cheek, wry). (various references)

   

French

  

moqueur (sneeringly). (various references)

   

German

  

Spötter (derider, mocker, satirist, scoffer, wit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χλευαστήσ (gibber, giber, jeerer, railler, scoffer). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל'ל'ן (derider, mocker, scoffer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

beffatore (derider, scoffer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

grinder (carper, satirist, taunter), faghidagh (contemptible, derider, derisive, despiser, distainful, insulting, ridiculous, scornful). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eerersnay

   

Russian 

  

насмешник (giber, quiz, scoffer, smirker). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mofador (mocker, scoffer). (various references)

   

Thai

  

คนที่เยาะเย้ยคนอื่น. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

küçümseyen kimse, alaycı kimse (derider, mocker). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người hay giễu, người hay cười nhạo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Sneerer

Derivations

Words beginning with "sneerer": sneerers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sneerer"

Words rhyming with "sneerer" (pronounced 'Sneer"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Sneerer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: serener.

Words within the letters "e-e-e-n-r-r-s"

-1 letter: reseen, serene.

-2 letters: ernes, resee, serer, sneer.

-3 letters: erne, erns, errs, rees, seen, seer, sene, sere.

-4 letters: ens, ere, ern, err, ers, nee, ree, res, see, sen, ser.

-5 letters: en, er, es, ne, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-n-r-r-s"
 

+1 letter: enterers, preeners, reenters, regreens, renegers, renewers, rescreen, screener, sneerers, terreens, terrenes.

 

+2 letters: careeners, easterner, ferneries, freshener, prescreen, presenter, reentries, referents, refreshen, reindeers, renderers, repenters, represent, rescreens, reserpine, returnees, revengers, revenuers, reverends, screeners, serenader, slenderer, tenderers, unreelers, unreserve, veneerers, westerner.

 

+3 letters: berberines, deterrents, easterners, energizers, enregister, enterprise, evergreens, fermenters, ferrocenes, fresheners, greeneries, interferes, interreges, newsreader, orienteers, peregrines, prescreens, presenters, pretenders, preventers, rarenesses, reenforces, reengraves, references, refineries, refreshens, reinserted, reprehends, represents, rescreened, reserpines, resurgence, retrenches, reverences, serenaders, transferee, treenwares, understeer, unreserved, unreserves, westerners.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Sneerer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6E 65 65 72 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.    .    .    .-.    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101110 01100101 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#110 &#101 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006E 0065 0065 0072 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53807171847184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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