Meaning of sneerful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Given to sneering.
2. Expressing contempt.

Examples

“Cell ever squalid where the sneerful maid Will not fatigue her hand!”

“Whenever I find⟳ myself feeling sneerful, I just remind⟳ myself, 'But there's Jaro — intelligent and kind and strong.'”

“My restless, itchy Syrian companion was rolling a cigarette beside me, making some observation futile and sneerful as usual.”

“Abby could tell⟳ by his voice that he wasn't in his sneerful humour but was friendly drunk.”

“He stood for a few seconds looking after the car, on his lips a sneerful smile⟳.”

“Caspar Cass's Comedy Players at the Winter Garden, an ash-blonde girl said to a tall thin man with a sneerful face⟳.”

“Not that you do actually sneer, of course — that is stage⟳ business, not storytelling—but still a sneerful suggestion undoubtedly creeps in.”

“Satan must laugh⟳ in sneerful derision.”

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