A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip.
A contemptuous facial expression, sound, or statement.
v.
sneered, sneer·ing, sneers
v.
tr. To utter with a sneer or in a sneering manner. v.
intr.
To assume a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive facial expression.
To speak in a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive manner.
[From Middle English sneren, to mock, alteration of Old English fnǣran, to breathe heavily; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.] sneer'er n., sneer'ful, sneer'y adj., sneer'ing·ly adv.
(snîr) 