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1sneer´er — sneer «snihr», verb, noun. –v.i. to show scorn or contempt by looks or words: »The mean girls sneered at the poor girl s cheap clothes. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer (Alexander Pope) …
2sneer — [snir] vi. [ME sneren, akin to Fris sneere, to scorn, Dan snaere, to grin like a dog: see SNARL1] 1. to smile derisively; show scorn or contempt as by curling the upper lip 2. to express derision, scorn, or contempt in speech or writing vt. 1. to …
3sneer — [v] mock, condemn affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one’s lip at*, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt*, hold up to ridicule*, insult, jeer, jest …
4sneer — Synonyms and related words: barrack, be above, be contemptuous of, care nothing for, chaff, contemn, contempt, cut, cut at, cut direct, deride, derision, despise, dig at, disdain, disparage, disprize, disregard, dump on, feel contempt for, feel… …
5Down's syndrome — a congenital disorder due to a chromosome deficiency This is an example of a phrase incorporating syndrome being used to avoid a taboo word in this case what was formerly known as Mongolism. Here the stigma and the possible racial sneer are …
6sneer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smile, jeer, taunt, scoff; flout, deride. See contempt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. smirk, grin, curl of one s lip, leer. v. Syn. mock, scoff, jeer, gibe, taunt, disparage, slight, scorn, despise,… …
7sneer at — Deride, ridicule, scorn, disdain, scout, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, mock, look down upon, laugh at, rail at, turn up the nose at …
8Cyril Sneer — is a fictional character in the animated series The Raccoons and its two spinoffs. He is voiced by Michael Magee. His alter ego is Steve Botting.Botting is a pink aardvark of eastern European origin and multimillionaire head of Sneer Industries …
9put down — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abase, abasement, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, affront, annihilate, ante, ante up, apply to, ascribe to, aspersion, asphyxiate, assign to, atrocity, attach to, attribute to …
10look down on — verb regard with contempt the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest • Ant: ↑admire • Hypernyms: ↑contemn, ↑despise, ↑scorn, ↑disdain • Verb Frames …
