sneered

VERB

mock, condemn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belittle deride grin jeer scoff taunt

STRONG

affront burlesque caricature crack decry detract disdain disparage dump fleer flout gibe gird insult jest lampoon leer rally ridicule satirize scorn slam slight smile snigger swipe travesty twit underrate

WEAK

curl one's lip at give Bronx cheer hold in contempt hold up to ridicule laugh at look down on put down quip at rank out sneeze at sniff at turn up one's nose

Antonyms

STRONGEST

compliment praise

STRONG

admire applaud approve commend flatter laud respect weaken

Example Sentences

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Sneered at in favor of the more established and genteel arts—cinema, literature—this TV couldn’t get no respect: The most powerful, lucrative, and popular mass medium of our time was also a scrappy underdog.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2019

Sneered his economic adviser Lawrence Wilkinson: the Ferguson report was "low comedy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sneered Coe: "If I were a world figure, I certainly wouldn't want to listen to that kind of thing."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sneered a Moore supporter: "This is a work of art."

From Time Magazine Archive

Whatever can be known of earth we know, Sneered Europe's wise men, in their snail-shells curled; No! said one man in Genoa, and that No Out of the dark created this New World.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell