Sneerer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who sneers.
"Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct […]"
- 2 a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression wordnet
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More examples"Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct […]"
Etymology
From sneer + -er.
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