Word Meanings - SNEER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. 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. Tatler. Syn.

Additional info about word: SNEER

1. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. 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. Tatler. Syn. -- To scoff; gibe; jeer. -- Sneer, Scoff, Jeer. The verb to sneer implies to cast contempt indirectly or by covert expressions. To jeer is stronger, and denotes the use of several sarcastic reflections. To scoff is stronger still, implying the use of insolent mockery and derision. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SNEER)

• Gibe
• Sneer
• scoff
• ridicule
• jeer
• mock
• deride
• rail at
• taunt
• Jeer
• scout
• flout
• rally
• banter
• Ridicule
• Derision
• raillery
• burlesque
• caricature
• mockery
• irony
• satire
• sarcasm
• sneer
• cachinnation
• disrespect
• Scoff
• jibe
• contemn
• Taunt
• Reproach
• upbraid
• rebuke
• censure
• gibe
• revile
• twit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SNEER)

• Compliment
• flatter
• panegyrize
• eulogize
• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend

Related words: (words related to SNEER)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• SARCASM
  A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• RIDICULER
  One who ridicules.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• REVILEMENT
  The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• FLOUTER
  One who flouts; a mocker.
• FLATTERY
  The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• SARCASMOUS
  Sarcastic. "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras.
• SNEER
  1. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. 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. Tatler. Syn.
• COMMENDATARY
  One who holds a living in commendam.
• APPROVEMENT
  a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• BEFLATTER
  To flatter excessively.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• ORALLY
  1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher.