sneer

IPA: snˈɪr

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
A display of contempt; scorn.

(intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
(transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

Examples of "sneer" in Sentences

Don't let enemies sneer.
They are sneering and insensitive.
People have accused her of sneering.
The sneering tone of the para remains.
He was angry because people sneered at him.
Hayes has the luxury of being able to sneer.
I like the idea of sneering at people today.
No snowdays in the land and we sneer at snow.
Sneering at this is both impolite and impolitic.
Buffett is quoted in the article as sneering at gold.
Make false accusations and sneer from the safety of the shadows?
A sneer is not the same as dismissing an argument on its merits.
Sold 10 copies and received one sneer from a kid carrying a signed copy of Badrock/Wolverine.
The God of the Gaps sneer is invoked to imply the inexorability of materialism as a complete explanation in natural science.
And in every case, the groups who don't have that particular label sneer and act as if they, too, don't do the exact same thing.
The sneer is purely at the expense of customers at the bookshop where the sneerer worked asking when the next Harry Potter book would be out.
(The ‘history lesson’ sneer is a clear hit at all the detailed back-stories inspired by the Appendices of LOTR; a fortiori at the original, whether he was aware of it or not.)
Both Monster X and my monstrous ex-boss had the same deranged gaze, the same built-in sneer, the same sloped head, the same belligerent personality and the same sense of utter ridiculousness in trying to assert their authority.