Usually means: Displaying scorn with facial expression.
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  1. sneering: Merriam-Webster
  2. sneering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sneering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sneering, sneering: Wordnik
  5. sneering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sneering: Wiktionary
  7. sneering: Dictionary.com
  8. sneering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sneering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. sneering: Rhymezone
  11. Sneering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. sneering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. sneering: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sneering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. sneering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sneering: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sneering)

▸ adjective:  Contemptful, mocking.
▸ noun:  The act of one who sneers.

Similar:
supercilious, snide, leer, uncomplimentary, sneerful, mocking, scornful, sneery, sardonic, contemptive, more...

Opposite:
smiling, complimenting, praising, admiring

Adjectives:
such, little, much, same, constant, cheap, simple, tremendous, public, loud, contemptuous

Colors:
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Similar:
supercilious, snide, leer, uncomplimentary, sneerful, mocking, scornful, sneery, sardonic, contemptive, more...

Opposite:
smiling, complimenting, praising, admiring

Adjectives:
such, little, much, same, constant, cheap, simple, tremendous, public, loud, contemptuous

Colors:
    charcoal,     slate gray,     olive green,     mustard yellow,     burnt umber, more...



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