sneer

A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip.

A scornful tone or statement.

To assume a scornful or derisive facial expression.

To speak in a scornful or derisive manner.

To utter with a sneer or in a sneering manner.

A derisive or contemptuous grin or smile; an expression of the face marked by a slight turning up of the nose, and indicating contempt; a look of scorn, disdain, or derision; hence, the feeling thus expressed.

A verbal expression of contempt; an insinuation of scorn or derision by language more or less covert and indirect.

Synonyms See sneer, v. i.

To grin or laugh foolishly.

To grin; especially and usually, to grin or smile in a contemptuous manner; express contempt by a grimace marked by slight turning up of the nose.