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Sneer meaning

  1. To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
  2. To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

Synonyms of Sneer

Using Sneer

  • The main meaning on this page is: To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn. | To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
  • Useful related words include: contempt, scorn, leer, express.
  • In the example corpus, sneer often appears in combinations such as: sneer at, and sneer, to sneer.

Context around Sneer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Sneer

  • In this selection, "sneer" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tory, lovers, elites and down stand out and add context to how "sneer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a sneer and and a sneer she was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sneer" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sneer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It’s all in the sneer. (6 words)

Indeed, Irons plays the part with both a snarl and a sneer. (12 words)

He’d just tail back a little in his hole and sneer with benign contempt. (15 words)

Leaning into that enigmatic strength and clearly fired up by a promise to fly the flag of her Barbadian roots, a red-garbed Rihanna and her white-hooded dancers literally levitated in the Glendale, AZ, stadium with a sneer and a wink. (42 words)

It takes a lot to sneer at a superhero whose earnestness is arguably as much of a superpower as the proportional strength and speed of a radioactive spider is, but the feeling has grown nonetheless thanks to the studio forces behind him. (42 words)

With her peroxide hair, thrift-store clothes and expression that sat somewhere between a pout and a sneer, she was a pin-up with a subversive streak: “My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. (41 words)

While hardcore professionals might sneer at the need for it from a playing point of view, the All Blacks don't! (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

Leaning into that enigmatic strength and clearly fired up by a promise to fly the flag of her Barbadian roots, a red-garbed Rihanna and her white-hooded dancers literally levitated in the Glendale, AZ, stadium with a sneer and a wink.

Whereas he once championed animal rights and the abolishment of capitalism, now he's got the Tory sneer down pat.

As the golf world gets ready to either watch or sneer at the competition, introduces you to the five newest players.

He’d just tail back a little in his hole and sneer with benign contempt.

If Noem ever goes anywhere to a political or social event, the rest of her life she will be met with a laugh or sneer as a joke.

Whenever I feel the urge to sneer or snipe at a grant-funded project, I remind myself that’s a good thing.

During that historic congressional hearing, Republicans scoffed at reparations the way a customer might sneer after being charged twice for the same meal.

Indeed, Irons plays the part with both a snarl and a sneer.

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It’s all in the sneer.

Many wing lovers sneer at the boneless variety, which is usually made by deep-frying slices of chicken breast and has become at many restaurants over the last two decades.

And it exposes dismal lack of insight into the issues confronted by this couple and thousands more like them — sometimes shared by supposed “experts” who sneer at middle-class families and dismiss their needs.

I suppose we shouldn’t sneer, because at least this is a start, and zero is better than nothing.

It's not enough to sneer at unemployed or homeless people but that now extends to bar staff, teachers and conbeni workers.

It takes a lot to sneer at a superhero whose earnestness is arguably as much of a superpower as the proportional strength and speed of a radioactive spider is, but the feeling has grown nonetheless thanks to the studio forces behind him.

The Last Jedi, Little Mermaid, Korean K-Pop: all 2019’s Fat Elvis to sour fools who sneer at someone else’s little flash of excitement over something new, or just a new way of seeing what is old.

We shall answer your borders question first, thusly: Hyde Park, where wealthy elites sneer at the peasants in adjacent O’Bryonville, contains a small street called East Hill Avenue.

While hardcore professionals might sneer at the need for it from a playing point of view, the All Blacks don't!

With her peroxide hair, thrift-store clothes and expression that sat somewhere between a pout and a sneer, she was a pin-up with a subversive streak: “My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side.

She is described as having one eye, a stump of a nose, with her mouth frozen in a sneer.

BBC2 News Extra on Tuesday night rolled a clip from May 1973 demonstrating the Thatcher sneer at full pitch.

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Common combinations with sneer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sneer" in a sentence?
An example: "Leaning into that enigmatic strength and clearly fired up by a promise to fly the flag of her Barbadian roots, a red-garbed Rihanna and her white-hooded dancers literally levitated in the Glendale, AZ, stadium with a sneer and a wink." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sneer" from authentic English texts.
What does "sneer" mean?
Sneer means: To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
What are synonyms of "sneer"?
Common synonyms of "sneer" include: contempt, scorn, leer, express, show, evince, smile.
How many example sentences with "sneer" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sneer", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.