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# sneering

«sneering» in Mova's school dictionary: **Sneering describes a voice, look or remark that is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sneering, more sneering); verb form (the -ing form of «sneer»); noun (sneering — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sneering describes a voice, look or remark that is mocking and shows someone thinks others are worthless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#m1)

2) Sneering is the -ing form of «sneer»: he was sneering at us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#m2)

3) Sneering as a noun is the act of mocking in that unkind way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a «sneering tone» or «sneering smile» warns the reader that the speaker is proud, cruel or bullying. In lessons on respect, sneering remarks count as unkind words. Phrases: a sneering tone, a sneering remark, sneering at.

### examples

- He answered in a sneering voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x1)
- The sneering boy laughed at my spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x2)
- Stop sneering at your sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x3)
- Her sneering remark hurt my feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x4)
- The sneering guard would not let them pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x5)
- There was a lot of sneering when he fell over, but his friends helped him up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/#x6)

### note

The adverb is «sneeringly». Spelled with double «e» and one «r» before -ing: sneer → sneering. Close words: mocking, scornful, contemptuous.

### In the corpora

- [Liking or disliking a purple door is an opinion, not news; sneering at people for it is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sneering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sneering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.