Overview of verb sneer

The verb sneer has 2 senses

• sneer -- (express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt")


• sneer -- (smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano")

Overview of adj sneering

The adj sneering has 1 sense

• supercilious, sneering, snide -- (expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one")