(v. i.) To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
(v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
(v. i.) To show mirth awkwardly.
(v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
(v. t.) To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
(n.) The act of sneering.
(n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) He made his political base in this western province, which has long felt sneered at: Harper has spent his political career redressing the balance.
(2) Gough, as the degenerate black sheep of an English family trying to blackmail an American adulterer, would curl a long lip into a sneering smile, which became a characteristic of this fine actor's style.
(3) Comment is perfectly legitimate, but the sneering, supercilious, specious and dismissive contributions masquerading as ‘commentary’ belittle the claims of a ‘quality’ paper.” Before attempting to assess the validity of the reader’s analysis – broadly shared by some other readers – I think his email reflects one or two other interesting aspects of the demographics of the Guardian’s readership and the left.
(4) Webb agreed, calling Miliband "irresponsible" for "stirring up cheap headlines", sneering: "Why doesn't the government set a price cap on a tin of beans?"
(5) I think it's a good thing that comedians want to exploit (and relieve) our anxieties about what's sayable – but only if we as audiences become bolder in opposing comedy that bullies, comedy that sneers at the vulnerable and the under-represented, comedy that feels, in Herring's words, "like being at school and going, 'Ha ha, you're a spastic.'"
(6) Over the years the Oscars have been variously coveted and sneered at, have increasingly brought box-office value and personal prestige, become a media obsession, a gauge of industrial morale and a way of taking the national pulse.
(7) It has sneered at the 1906 reforms of Lloyd George , who recognised that 19th-century philanthropy (which was always pretty judgmental and selective) was no longer adequate for a modern industrial country.
(8) Merkel grimly submitted to an executive fashion makeover after the media sneered at her frumpy look; now she clearly relishes shining out in jewel-toned jackets from a forest of dark suits at G20 meetings.
(9) At which point – obviously – you reach the stubborn limits of the debate: from even the most supposedly imaginative Labour people as much as any Tories, such heresies would presumably be greeted with sneering derision.
(10) This is so corny, what I'm saying, but I feel obliged to drone on about it, because before we reach the tipping point, it's time to stop sneering at fat people, being disapproving and bossing them about: walk to work, eat your greens, control yourselves.
(11) Henry Barnes The clergy may not be entirely trustworthy This may not be big news to cinemagoers – sneering at religious types goes all the way back to DW Griffith's Intolerance – but Cannes boasts an impressively ecumenical approach.
(12) Chindamo's trial, the following year, heard how the teenager, who came to Britain from Italy at the age of five, sneered as he slapped, punched and then stabbed the headteacher.
(13) Oh, but now this is highfalutin identity politics to be sneered at along with your safe spaces and trigger warnings.
(14) Hours after Tuesday’s bomb attack on a tourist area of Istanbul , Erdoğan delivered a sneering criticism of Chomsky and “so-called intellectuals” who had signed a letter calling on Turkey to end the “deliberate massacre” of Kurdish people in the south east of the country, He invited Chomsky to visit the area in a defiant televised speech to a conference of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara.
(15) "I always hated the expression anyway, mostly because I encountered it in stupid or sneering contexts."
(16) Naturally, Michael Gove , former Times columnist, responded to the thousands of economists who warned he was taking an extraordinary risk with the sneer that will follow him to his grave: “People in this country have had enough of experts.” He’s been saying the same for years.
(17) It is easy to sneer at the journalistic concept of the Angry Young Man (a phrase, incidentally, coined by a dismissive Royal Court press officer).
(18) But Winterbottom, a competent pre-war centre-half for Manchester United, unfairly sneered at by some England international veterans as one who had never played, was, in essence, a bureaucrat rather than a technician, who would admit his other job – yes, he had two!
(19) The decision to have clip-on ties, favoured for police officers, sneered at by those who believe "children should learn to do ties up from an early age", is already paying off, with not a single tie out of place.
(20) If you ever feel tempted to say "status quo" or "cul de sac", for instance, Orwell will sneer at you for "pretentious diction".
Snide
Definition:
(a.) Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the often misogynistic climate that exists online, anything with the word women in the title can attract hostility ranging from the snide to the offensive, but Mayer said the worst abuse has come from Radio 4 fans.
(2) If you are so desperately concerned for your athletes and your team that you need to write snide, lazy things on the internet about Rio or Brazil to make yourself feel better; or if you feel angry or betrayed or frustrated by what’s about to happen in Rio because you genuinely believe the US would do a better job and be the perfect Olympic host, I suggest you channel some of that energy, or at the very least some funds, into the LA 2024 bid .
(3) England have not beaten their neighbours from across the Channel since 1974 and the slenderness of the scoreline, with the two side’s separated only by Eugénie Le Sommer’s first-half strike, disguises the superiority of a French side now clear favourites to top Group F. Granted Les Bleus could have had Camille Abily sent off for a snide elbow on Laura Bassett but by then victory was all but secured.
(4) She said the bullying by the paper was renewed with vigour when 20 years later she said she still objected to Page 3 with half-naked women calling at her home and making snide comments about her body.
(5) These events take place as we enter the last stretch in the London mayoral race , where a Labour politician has been subjected to smears and snide toots on the dog-whistle to remind voters of his religion.
(6) Ian Flintoff Oxford • This election is becoming increasingly blurred as the facial expressions and gestures of the combatants become magnified under the unforgiving eye of the TV cameras and the spin doctors regurgitate the views of their representatives and add their own snide remarks.
(7) I knew I represented different people: stay-at-home mums, Muslims, the [British] Bangladeshi community ... [and] for each and every bit of me, someone has accepted me and said, ‘You have done a really good job for us; she seems like a good mum, she’s done well for Muslims, and the Bengalis are proud.” Though Bake Off’s viewers admired her not just for her technical skill but for her witty one-liners and infectiously expressive facial features, rightwing commentators did make some snide comments about political correctness being behind her success, with the Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell saying that the eliminated contestant Flora Shedden might have done better if she had made a “chocolate mosque”.
(8) Most of it is limited to publicly naming those workers, to ostracize them, and making snide comments.
(9) You could also detect its beginnings in some of the supposed social comment associated with Britpop - not least the snide songs about forlorn proletarian lives that were briefly the calling card of Blur's Damon Albarn, who affected a mewling "Essex" accent, but was in fact raised in one of that county's more upscale corners.
(10) We'll click 'share', we'll rofl, we'll offer snide remarks on Twitter, and emoji each other our amazement at the whole thing in endless combinations of cartoon faces.
(11) People who disagree with me often don’t merely say so – they lob personal attacks or make cruel and snide remarks.
(12) "It's snide, dirty and, I think, a sexist trick," he said.
(13) The government of Maximos,” he said in snide reference to the aides that have surrounded Tsipras in his prime ministerial office, “neither gave the power to the people nor work to the people.
(14) Although Rendell did not like the title often bestowed on her – queen of crime – calling it snide and sexist, she did not go along with the many reviewers, among them AN Wilson and PD James , who called her a great novelist.
(15) During his first two stints as president, the former KGB agent demonstrated his gift at G8 gatherings and other international get-togethers for sardonic repartee mixed with snide remarks about western hypocrisy and double-dealing.
(16) Frank Underwood is an absolutely classic villain, in fact he’s actually just one step away from Snidely Whiplash, but Birgitte Nyborg – I think that is a very interesting role because it shows all of the stresses between family life, political life, the compromises that have to be made.
(17) My kids I worry about more, with parents of other kids reading it and making snide comments.
(18) There has to be the equivalent of a drumroll when [1960s cartoon villain] Snidely Whiplash comes in because – God help us – we can't have complexity.
(19) Expect to see this play out in snide, deniable, but nonetheless bitter actions for months to come.
(20) Every day, blogs like Men Taking Up Too Much Space On The Train post clandestine pictures of commuters, under the snide and self-proclaimed mission of public shaming.