sneer synonyms

sneer

n.

smirk, grin, curl of one's lip, leer.

sneer

v.

mock, scoff, jeer, gibe, taunt, disparage, slight, scorn, despise, underrate, decry, belittle, detract, lampoon, ridicule, deride, twit, flout, burlesque, caricature, travesty, laugh at, look down, insult, affront, disdain, curl one's lip, fleer, rally, satirize, condemn, give the raspberry*, give the Bronx cheer*; see also doubt 1.

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