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Sneer logo #10101) American musical duo 2) American video artist 3) Appear contemptuous 4) Bad look 5) Be contemptuous 6) Be derisive 7) Be villainous 8) Betray contempt 9) Billy Idol expression 10) Cocky look 11) Condescending look 12) Contempt 13) Contemptuous contortion 14) Contemptuous countenace 15) Contemptuous curl of the lip
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Sneer logo #10101) Contempt 2) Curl one`s lip 3) Giggle 4) Grin 5) Leer 6) Mock 7) Taunt
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Sneer logo #21000 A sneer is a facial expression of scorn or disgust characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip, known also as curling the lip or turning up the nose. In The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin defined a `sneer` as `the upper lip being retracted in such a manner that the canine tooth on one side of the ......
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Sneer logo #21002• (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt. • (v. t.) To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers. • (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. • ...
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sneer logo #209731. To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression. ... 2. To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. 'I could be content to be a little sneared at.' (Pope) ... 3. To show mirth awkwardly. ... The verb to sneer implies to cast contempt indirectly or by covert expressions. To jeer is stronger, a...
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Sneer logo #20972Sneer intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sneered ; present participle & verbal noun Sneering .] [ Middle English sneren , Danish sn...rre to snarl or grin (like a dog); confer Prov. English sneer to grin...
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Sneer logo #20972Sneer noun 1. The act of sneering. 2. A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt. 'Who can refute a sneer ?' Raley.
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Sneer logo #20972Sneer transitive verb 1. To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. Congreve. « 'A ship of fools,' he sneered Tennyson. 2. To treat with sneers; to a...
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sneer logo #20400[n] - a contemptuous or scornful remark 2. [n] - a facial expression of contempt or scorn 3. [v] - express through a scornful smile 4. [v] - smile contemptuously
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sneer logo #20974leer noun a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
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