sneers
Contemptuous facial expressions
Sneers is the plural of sneer and its third-person singular verb form.
A sneer is a contemptuous facial expression—lips curled, perhaps one corner raised—that signals disdain or mockery.
To sneer is to make this expression or to speak with similar contempt: He sneers at anyone who disagrees with him.
The word captures both the physical expression and the attitude behind it.
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
condescension · superiority · dismissiveness · haughtiness · arrogance · belittlement · disrespect · snobbery
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- scowlAngry facial expression
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
sardonic smile · crooked smile · narrowed eyes · upturned nose · lip curl · side-eye · withering look · dirty look
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- ridiculingMocking with contempt
insulting · disparaging · belittling · cutting remarks · sarcasm · jibes · barbs · putdowns
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
ridicule · condescension · superiority · dismissiveness · haughtiness · arrogance · belittlement · disrespect · snobbery · superciliousness
curled lip
expression · sardonic smile · crooked smile · narrowed eyes · upturned nose · lip curl · side-eye · withering look · dirty look · stink eye
mocking
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
ridiculing · insulting · disparaging · belittling · cutting remarks · sarcasm · jibes · barbs · putdowns · wisecracks
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- social frictioninsults, barbs, slights, jibes, snubs
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
- defamationslander, libel, defamation, defamatory statement, defaming
sneersencourages
Promotes confidence in others
compliments · praises · supports · welcomes · embraces