Sneer

v. i.	1.	To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. [imp. & p. p. Sneered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneering.]
	2.	To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. I could be content to be a little sneared at. - Pope.
	3.	To show mirth awkwardly. And sneers as learnedly as they, Like females o'er their morning tea. - Swift. Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears. - Swift. The fop, with learning at defiance, Scoffs at the pedant and science. - Gay.
v. t.	1.	To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. "A ship of fools," he sneered. - Tennyson.
	2.	To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers. Nor sneered nor bribed from virtue into shame. - Savage.
n.	1.	The act of sneering.
	2.	A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.

Noun	1.	sneer - a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls Synonyms: leer
	2.	sneer - a contemptuous or scornful remark
Verb	1.	sneer - express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"
	2.	sneer - smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"

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