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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sneer
Phonetic Transcription : snɪər



Definition of sneerer

Origin :
  • 1550s, "to snort" (of horses), perhaps from North Frisian sneere "to scorn," related to Old English fnæran "to snort, gnash one's teeth," of imitative origin (cf. Danish snærre "to grin like a dog," Middle Dutch, Middle High German snarren "to rattle"). Meaning "to smile contemptuously" is from 1670s; sense of "to curl the upper lip in scorn" is attested from 1775. Related: Sneered; sneering. Sneer word is in E. Digby Baltzell (1987).
  • As in misanthropist : noun cynic
  • As in cynic : noun nonbeliever
Example sentences :
  • The lesson should never be lost on us, that the devil was depicted as a sneerer!
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • There was an outburst of applause, and the sneerer was silenced.
  • Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • The sneerer hesitated, and finally said he "guessed it was."
  • Extract from : « The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him » by Paul Leicester Ford

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