I asked her politely to give me some more room, and she just sneered at me.
•Jamie sneered at the report that Ken had submitted.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
sneer — [[t]snɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] sneers, sneering, sneered VERB If you sneer at someone or something, you express your contempt for them by the expression on your face or by what you say. [V at n] There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything the… … English dictionary
sneer — sneer1 [ snır ] verb intransitive or transitive to speak in an unpleasant way that shows you do not respect someone or something and you think you are better than them: Purple socks? he sneered. sneer at: He s always sneering at the way people… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sneer — I UK [snɪə(r)] / US [snɪr] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms sneer : present tense I/you/we/they sneer he/she/it sneers present participle sneering past tense sneered past participle sneered to speak in an unpleasant way that shows you do … English dictionary
sneer — sneer1 [snıə US snır] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps copying the action] to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something ▪ Is that your best outfit? he sneered. sneer at ▪ She sneered… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sneer — 1 verb (I, T) to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something (+ at): Bob always sneers at my taste in clothes. sneering adjective: a sneering letter sneeringly adverb 2 noun (C) an unkind smile or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sneer — [snɪə] verb [I/T] to smile or speak in an unpleasant way that shows that you do not respect someone or something sneer noun [C] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sneer — snɪr /snɪə n. scornful look, contemptuous glance; expression of ridicule and mockery v. smile or look at in a scornful manner; express contempt for someone or something, mock, ridicule … English contemporary dictionary
Simon Sneer — is a fictional character in the animated series The Raccoons . He is the long lost brother of Cyril Sneer, the series main antagonist. His first and only known appearance was in the episode Simon Says of 1988. It turns out that Simon Sneer in… … Wikipedia
look 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 … Useful english dictionary
American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which … Wikipedia
ridicule — [n] contemptuous laughter at someone or something badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy,… … New thesaurus
