- 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"
Antonym: complimentary (indirect, via uncomplimentary)
- sneer - express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"
--1 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sneer2, noun sneer1, noun sneerer1
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- sneer - smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"
--2 is one way to smile
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sneer2, noun sneer1, noun sneerer1
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