sneer

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sneers

V_ing/Gerund

sneering

V_ed/pp

sneered

1.
(intransitive)To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
2.
(transitive)To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
to sneer fulsome lies at a person
Đồng nghĩa: fleer

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sneers

1.
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
2.
A display of contempt; scorn.

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Đồng nghĩa

fleer

Cùng gốc / liên quan

sneerer sneerful sneerlesssneerocracysneerysneer quotesneeringly unsneering snarl

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English sneren (to mock, scoff at), from Old English fnǣran (to snort), from *fnāʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *fnesaną (to pant, gasp). Akin to sneere, snerren, snerre.