āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ
a smile or remark directed at someone as a sign of mockery or disrespect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She answered with a cold sneer.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ, āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯
a spoken comment that expresses contempt, scorn, or ridicule
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She could n't resist a sneer about his outdated clothes.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
to sneer
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ ā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to curl the lip in a contemptuous smile, showing scorn or disdain
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She sneered at him, her lip curling in disdain.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ ā§āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to speak in a way that openly expresses contempt, ridicule, or mockery
Transitive: to sneer that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She sneered that the plan would never work.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
