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How to pronounce sneering in English?

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Synonyms snide, supercilious


spoke in a sneering jeering manner.

Examples of sneering

sneering
Many, indeed, will be sneering and cheering as you head back to Crawford, Texas.
From the washingtontimes.com
Sneering journalists questioned the integrity of the Decanter World Wine Awards.
From the independent.co.uk
Not sneering at the people who read the the stuff, sneering at the stuff itself.
From the guardian.co.uk
Please everybody, read what you like, enjoy and stop sneering at others'choices.
From the guardian.co.uk
They are your sneering co-workers, your prying neighbors, your insulting in-laws.
From the tennessean.com
I don'know, but sneering at companies trying to find a solution is not helpful.
From the guardian.co.uk
That being the case, it says more about them than the people they're sneering at.
From the nzherald.co.nz
His arrogance, his slightly sneering look, gives him the aura that is required.
From the guardian.co.uk
I think Microcord just misunderstood your comment, don't think he was sneering.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
  • Express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"
  • A contemptuous or scornful remark
  • Smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"
  • (sneering) supercilious: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"
  • (SNEERING) Jeering, flickering, laughing in scorn.