Thesaurus results for SNEERED

sneered

verb

past tense of sneer

as in smiled

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions they brushed off his sneer and went about their business

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Recent Examples of sneered Five times in the last two months, the president has sneered at and insulted female reporters. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 With its poppy, choppy script, editing, and visual style, Tank Girl was sneered out of theaters. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 Nobody sneered at authority and received wisdom more than Johnny Rotten. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026 Texas and Florida were COVID-19 wildfires, where the rates of infection soared due to the irresponsible actions of their respective governors who allowed businesses to remain open, all but sneered at immunization and encouraged people to gather maskless at public venues. — Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026 The universities have sneered at the people who are feeding them. — Richard K. Vedder, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026 Be the person folks used to have so much admiration for, versus someone sneered at when his name is mentioned. — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026 Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults. — Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026 A lot of critics and intellectual types sneered at its sentimentality and its love story. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

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Verb

The Boston Blue star literally leaned into the moment, laying his head on Osmond’s shoulder as the two men smiled and soaked up the rapturous screams from the audience.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Lock smiled in surprise, then tried, unsuccessfully, to hide his next emotion.

— Sam McDowell October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026