Definitions
A contemptuous smile, expression, or remark.
Word origin
From Middle English sneren (“to mock, scoff at”), from Old English fnǣran (“to snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *fnāʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *fnesaną (“to pant, gasp”). Akin to North Frisian sneere (“to scorn”), Middle High German snerren (“to chatter; gossip”), Danish snerre (“to growl, snarl”).
Used in a sentence
“to sneer fulsome lies at a person”
“Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinked lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor well those passions read”
“He supposed then (with a sneer—M. Paul could sneer supremely, curling his lip, opening his nostrils, contracting his eyelids)—he supposed there was but one form of appeal to which I would listen [...]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Look of contempt”5 letters
02“Contemptuous smile”5 letters
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