sneer

sneer
intransitive verb
1) (smile scornfully) spöttisch od. höhnisch lächeln/grinsen; hohnlächeln
2) (speak scornfully) höhnen (geh.); spotten
Phrasal Verbs:
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[sniə] 1. verb
1) (to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of smile that expresses scorn: What are you sneering for?) höhnisch grinsen
2) ((with at) to show contempt for (something) by such an expression or by scornful words etc: He sneered at our attempts to improve the situation.) höhnen
3) (to say with contempt: `You haven't a chance of getting that job,' he sneered.) höhnen
2. noun
(a scornful expression, words etc that express contempt.) der Hohn
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sneer
[snɪəʳ, AM snɪr]
I. vi
1. (smile derisively) spöttisch grinsen
2. (express disdain) spotten
to \sneer at sth/sb etw/jdn verhöhnen [o verspotten], über etw/jdn spotten
II. n spöttisches Lächeln
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[snɪə(r)]
1. n
(= expression) spöttisches or höhnisches Lächeln; (= remark) spöttische or höhnische Bemerkung
2. vi
spotten; (= look sneering) spöttisch or höhnisch grinsen

adolescents often sneer at what they cannot understand — Jugendliche spotten oft über das, was sie nicht verstehen können

to sneer at sb — jdn verhöhnen; (facially also) jdn auslachen

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sneer [snıə(r)]
A v/i
1. höhnisch grinsen, feixen umg (beide:
at über akk)
2. höhnen, spötteln, spotten (alle:
at über akk)
B v/t etwas höhnen oder höhnisch äußern
C s
1. höhnische Grimasse
2. a) Hohn m, Spott m
b) höhnische Bemerkung
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intransitive verb
1) (smile scornfully) spöttisch od. höhnisch lächeln/grinsen; hohnlächeln
2) (speak scornfully) höhnen (geh.); spotten
Phrasal Verbs:
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n.
Spott nur sing. m. v.
grinsen v.
spötteln v.

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