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sneerful

UK/ˈsnɪə(ɹ)fʊl/US/ˈsnɪɹfʊl/

sneerful adjective: given to sneering.

Adjective

sneerful (comparative more sneerful, superlative most sneerful)

  1. Given to sneering.
    • Cell ever squalid where the sneerful maid Will not fatigue her hand!1771, William Shenstone, The Poetical Works of Wm. Shenstone Esq, page 210
    • Whenever I find myself feeling sneerful, I just remind myself, 'But there's Jaro — intelligent and kind and strong.'1928, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, The Lie, page 175
  2. Expressing contempt.
    • He stood for a few seconds looking after the car, on his lips a sneerful smile.1951, Where Town Begins, page 6
    • Caspar Cass's Comedy Players at the Winter Garden, an ash-blonde girl said to a tall thin man with a sneerful face.1972, Douglas Hayes, A player's hide, page 114

Examples of sneerful in a sentence

  • My restless, itchy Syrian companion was rolling a cigarette beside me, making some observation futile and sneerful as usual.1930, Harold Courtenay Armstrong, Turkey and Syria reborn: a record of two years of travel, page 78:
  • Abby could tell by his voice that he wasn't in his sneerful humour but was friendly drunk.1944, Edith Pope, Colcorton, page 193:
  • Not that you do actually sneer, of course — that is stage business, not storytelling—but still a sneerful suggestion undoubtedly creeps in.1972, May Hill Arbuthnot, Zena Sutherland, Children and Books, page 656:

Forms of sneerful

comparativemore sneerful
superlativemost sneerful

Origin of sneerful

From sneer + -ful.

Words that rhyme with sneerful

Questions about sneerful

What does sneerful mean?
Sneerful means given to sneering.
How do you use sneerful in a sentence?
My restless, itchy Syrian companion was rolling a cigarette beside me, making some observation futile and sneerful as usual.
What part of speech is sneerful?
Sneerful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sneerful?
Sneerful is pronounced /ˈsnɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ (UK).

Words near sneerful in the dictionary

  1. sneered
  2. sneerer
  3. sneerers
  4. sneerest
  5. sneereth
  6. sneerful
  7. sneerier
  8. sneeriest
  9. sneerily
  10. sneeriness
  11. sneering

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