He curled his lip in a sneer.
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Sneer
//snɪɚ̯//
Synonyms for "sneer" (100 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μυκτηρίζω verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Catalan
2 entries- somriure d'escarni noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- somriure de menyspreu noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
Czech
4 entries- jízlivý úsměv noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- posměšek noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- úsměšek noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- úšklebek noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
Dutch
4 entries- gehoon noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- grijns noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- de neus optrekken/ophalen verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- grimlachen verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Esperanto
1 entries- rikani verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Finnish
4 entries- irvistys noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- ivahymy noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- hymähtää ivallisesti verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- irvistää verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
French
1 entries- ricaner verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
German
2 entries- Hohnlächeln noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- höhnisches Grinsen noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
Hebrew
1 entries- סָנַט verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Italian
4 entries- ghigno noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- sogghigno noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- ghignare verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- sogghignare verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Japanese
4 entries- 冷笑 noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- 嘲笑 noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- 冷笑する verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- 嘲る verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Korean
2 entries- 비웃음 noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- 비웃다 verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Latin
1 entries- sanna noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
Māori
4 entries- whakahī verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- whakahīhī verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- whakarāwai verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- whakarāwai verb (to mock with a grimace)
Norwegian
1 entries- hånflire verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Persian
2 entries- دهنکجی noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- دهنکجی کردن verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Polish
3 entries- drwić verb (to mock with a grimace)
- kpić verb (to mock with a grimace)
- szydzić verb (to mock with a grimace)
Russian
1 entries- ухмылка noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
Swedish
3 entries- hånleende noun (facial expression that indicates scorn)
- grina verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
- hånle verb (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
"No, no! That isn't the smiling face we are looking for." It was a 'smirk' either that or a 'sneer'.
Source: tatoeba (326700)
There was a laughing devil in his sneer.
Source: tatoeba (906534)
He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.
Source: tatoeba (3148039)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.