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Antonyms for sneer
snɪərsneer
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sneer
A sneer may be simply a contemptuous facial contortion, or it may be some brief satirical utterance that throws a contemptuous side-light on what it attacks without attempting to prove or disprove; a depreciatory implication may be given in a sneer such as could only be answered by elaborate argument or proof, which would seem to give the attack undue importance:
Who can refute a sneer?
Paley Moral Philosophy bk. v, ch. ix.A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant. The jeer and gibe are uttered; the gibe is bitter, and often sly or covert; the jeer is rude and open. A scoff may be in act or word, and is commonly directed against that which claims honor, reverence, or worship. Compare BANTER.
Synonyms:
fling, gibe, jeer, mock, scoff, tauntPreposition:
Only an essentially vicious mind is capable of a sneer at virtue.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sneer
Antonyms:
compliment, eulogy, commendation, deferenceSynonyms:
scoff, gibe, jeer, taunt, disparagement, contempt, scorn, superciliousness, disdain
Princeton's WordNet
sneer, leernoun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
Synonyms:
leersneerverb
a contemptuous or scornful remark
Synonyms:
leersneerverb
express through a scornful smile
"she sneered her contempt"
sneerverb
smile contemptuously
"she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
There are, however, people in this world who seldom pick up a newspaper, people who, when watching television, sneer in displeasure and change channels at the first glimpse of an anchorperson. While such willfully uninformed citizens are rare, emerging from seclusion only to serve on juries in trials of great national significance, they do exist.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#17021 | compliment | |
#35828 | deference | |
#42957 | commendation | |
#48701 | eulogy | |
#66483 | sneer |
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