Dictionary Entry
sneer
sneer is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
- 2intransitive verb
To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
- 3intransitive verb
To show mirth awkwardly.
- 4transitive verb
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
- 5transitive verb
To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
- 6noun
The act of sneering.
- 7noun
A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.
- 8noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
Synonyms
- 9noun
a contemptuous or scornful remark
- 10verb
smile contemptuously
"she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"
- 11verb
express through a scornful smile
"she sneered her contempt"
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