sneered
/snɪə̯d/US/snɪɹd/
sneered is the simple past and past participle of sneer.
Meaning of sneer
Verb
sneer (third-person singular simple present sneers, present participle sneering, simple past and past participle sneered)
- To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
- So General Oakfield's friends taunted him with having been beaten, and Blackeston's friends sneered at him for not having called the general out. Blackeston, a studious and sensitive man, felt the taunts of his friends as only a student can.1890, Henry Kingsley, Old Margaret: And Other Stories, page 393
- To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
- to sneer fulsome lies at a person
- Synonyms:
- fleer
Words that rhyme with sneered
Questions about sneered
- What is sneered the simple past and past participle of?
- Sneered is the simple past and past participle of sneer.
- How do you pronounce sneered?
- Sneered is pronounced /snɪə̯d/ (UK).
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