as in to laugh
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions
She sneered at me in disgust.
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Recent Examples of sneer
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
His Mickey 17 is both endearing and frustrating, while his Mickey 18 is loaded with sneering swagger.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
Acacia had some trouble initially with her recording—which led to sneers from her fellow queens—but eventually found her voice for the final production.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Then there are the locals, who view the contest through a different gaze, including Jimbo, who initially sneers at the circus of it all but sees python-catching as a way to reconnect with his daughter, Shannon.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
His Mickey 17 is both endearing and frustrating, while his Mickey 18 is loaded with sneering swagger.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
But for just as long, any such talk has been met with smirks and sneers from outside Connecticut.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
Acacia had some trouble initially with her recording—which led to sneers from her fellow queens—but eventually found her voice for the final production.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneer
Verb
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By singing, dancing, and laughing as our unapologetic trans selves.—
James Factora,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
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The grade school kids at A Minecraft Movie had a rollicking good time laughing, talking back to the screen, and doing karaoke repetitions of the dialogue as though appreciating something of their own — a familiar, private joke, a playground, a fun movie.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harrison Ford forged an archetype: the skeptical rogue, a smirk king, He Who Shot First.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Little things, like the close-ups of Moss’s face with her little smirk, used so frequently as to lose all meaning, began to irritate me.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As the two teens reluctantly posed next to each other, Carey smiled widely for the camera and held up her hot pink basket.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In March, Affleck and Garner were seen smiling the whole time during a paintball party for their son.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.—
Greg Marotta,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The tribal leader sniggers; a trade with foreign infidels is inconceivable.—
Bing West,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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This offbeat comedy, which originally ran from 2007-10, thrives on less explicit social tensions: sniggers behind the back and raised eyebrows at the dinner table.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
26 Dec. 2019
Noun
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But the prevailing mood was one of futility and there were ironic jeers from the Forest fans when Garnacho booted the ball high into the Bridgford Stand 18 minutes from time.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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When fans last gathered here, late in September, there were jeers and boos while the Sox improbably swept the Angels in a three-game series.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Sneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneer. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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