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"ref": "1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24",
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"ref": "2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents",
"text": "During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.",
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"word": "de neus optrekken/ophalen"
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"word": "hymähtää ivallisesti"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "irvistää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "ricaner"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "muktērízō",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "μυκτηρίζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "סָנַט"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "ghignare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "sogghignare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azakeru",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "嘲る"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reishō suru",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "冷笑する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "whakarāwai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "whakahīhī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "whakahī"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "hånflire"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dahan-kaji kardan",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "دهنکجی کردن"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "grina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn",
"word": "hånle"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mock with a grimace",
"word": "whakarāwai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to mock with a grimace",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "drwić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to mock with a grimace",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szydzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to mock with a grimace",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kpić"
}
],
"word": "sneer"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"English nouns",
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"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
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{
"word": "sneer quote"
}
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"2": "snerren",
"t": "to chatter; gossip"
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"name": "cog"
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],
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"form": "sneers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "sneer (plural sneers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "snarl"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1835, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXX, in Villette",
"text": "He supposed then (with a sneer—M. Paul could sneer supremely, curling his lip, opening his nostrils, contracting his eyelids)—he supposed there was but one form of appeal to which I would listen [...]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn."
],
"links": [
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"scorn",
"scorn"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24",
"text": "And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents",
"text": "During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A display of contempt; scorn."
],
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[
"contempt",
"contempt"
],
[
"scorn",
"scorn"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/snɪə̯/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/snɪɚ̯/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-sneer.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-sneer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-sneer.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-sneer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-sneer.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "somriure de menyspreu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "somriure d'escarni"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "grijns"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "gehoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "ivahymy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "irvistys"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ghigno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sogghigno"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chōshō",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "嘲笑"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reishō",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "冷笑"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanna"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dahan-kaji",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"word": "دهنکجی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxmylka",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ухмылка"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "facial expression that indicates scorn",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hånleende"
}
],
"word": "sneer"
}
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