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- verb Present participle of
sneer . - noun The act of one who
sneers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressive of contempt
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Examples
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There is no mileage in sneering at what people are reading.
Stop being snobby about reading Maxine 2008
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There is no mileage in sneering at what people are reading.
December 2008 Maxine 2008
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There is no mileage in sneering at what people are reading.
Stop being snobby about reading Maxine 2008
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I've been waiting for the formula to come to market - i can see the Seal label sneering back at me now ... maybe a Snob/Mastik collabo for non-clinchers?
Innovation or Catastrophe? Scratching, Cradling, Sanding, and Beating Your Way to a "Better" Bike BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Even for an administration that takes perverse pride in sneering at the term "conservation," this latest news is a shocker: President Bush's 2007 budget includes an order to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off as much as 800,000 acres of national lands to generate money for public schools.
For Sale: Your Hunting Heritage Dave Hurteau 2006
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I wonder if the designers of that had any clue that pre-Stones, Jagger bit off the tip of his tongue playing basketball, giving that certain sneering edge to his voice.
more synergy 2005
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This was the most startling feature and the one that caused the most bickering and sneering from the rest of the industry: a parachute for the entire plane.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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This was the most startling feature and the one that caused the most bickering and sneering from the rest of the industry: a parachute for the entire plane.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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He called the post "sneering" -- which it hardly was
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So your sneering is disingenuous, because not even you’re going to argue that the federal government could recreate what takes place in the DC suburbs on a national level.
Matthew Yglesias » Bob McDonnell To Attempt First Non-Horrible SOTU Response in American History 2010
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