Word

sneer, v.
(sneered, sneering, sneers)
freq. cnt. 3

express through a scornful smile
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sneer

sample sentences

"she sneered her contempt"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sneer sneer sneerer

semantic pointers

verb group

hypernym

express, show, evince

smile contemptuously
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sneer

sample sentences

"she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sneer sneer sneerer

semantic pointers

hypernym

verb group