Antonyms for sneerer
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for sneerer
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