sneer
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
Types & categories
- scorn hypernym
Related & opposite
- sneer derivation
- sneer derivation
- leer derivation
- suspicious derivation
Sense 2 verb
express through a scornful smile
she sneered her contempt
Types & categories
- express hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a contemptuous or scornful remark
Types & categories
- scorn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
smile contemptuously
she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano
Types & categories
- smile hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspicious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | scorn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneerer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scorn |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneerer |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | smile |