sneer
verb (used without object)
to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt.
sneeringly
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a word derived from
sneer.
Example Sentences
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It’s so sneeringly wicked that it almost seems cartoonish, doesn’t it?
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Laura Linney is passive-aggressive perfection as his mother, while Jeff Daniels, as the father, captures a specific type of sneeringly dissatisfied Brooklyn intellectual.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Snappish, at times sneeringly so, she answered my questions with a brusque dismissiveness that made me think that she was doing this interview under duress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
And I hear it every time someone sneeringly dismisses “a boomer”, anyone born between 1946 and 1964, or “a second waver”, a feminist who came of age in the 1960s and 70s.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
He used to ask me sneeringly sometimes why I hadn’t been an officer, as though I’d done something wrong.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
