sniggering

verb

present participle of snigger
as in laughing
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions we sniggered as the actor kept forgetting his lines

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniggering
  1. laughing
  2. smiling
  3. sneering
Verb
  • Sheen says, laughing, sitting on the back porch of his Malibu home.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Following the shooting, Davis was seen dancing and laughing, according to prosecutors.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of laughing
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  • And amidst all the hullabaloo sits the British writer-director, smiling to himself.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
  • As the headliner was smiling, waving and singing to the crowd, the fans returned the same energy back until the lights came on.
    — Rashad Alexander November 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of smiling
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  • If traditional noir drew much of its energy from sneering with style at America’s sunny master narratives, those narratives have largely broken down, as has the homogenous mass-media ecosystem that endlessly recirculated them.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But the Velvets were sneering at the false dichotomy between those things back in the ’60s.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of sneering
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“Sniggering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniggering. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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