SNEER

v. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

2.
v.

To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. I could be content to be a little sneared at. Pope.

3.
v.

To show mirth awkwardly. [R.] Tatler.

4.
v.

To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. Congreve. "A ship of fools," he sneered. Tennyson.

5.
v.

To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers. Nor sneered nor bribed from virtue into shame. Savage.

6.
n.

The act of sneering.

7.
n.

A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt. "Who can refute a sneer" Raley.

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