curl one's lip at

verb as in sneer

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belittle
deride
grin
jeer
scoff
taunt

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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 matches

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

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This observation is generally made from the right, where it has long been fashionable to curl one's lip at the idea that "poverty" even exists in the UK.

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