Meanings
plural sneerers
- One who sneers.
Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct […]
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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