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sneerful

adj
/ˈsnɪə(ɹ)fʊl/UK/ˈsnɪɹfʊl/US

Etymology

From sneer + -ful.

  1. derived from *fnesaną✻ — “to pant, gasp”
  2. inherited from *fnāʀijan✻
  3. inherited from fnǣran — “to snort”
  4. inherited from sneren — “to mock, scoff at”
  5. suffixed as sneerful — “sneer + ful”

Definitions

  1. Given to sneering.

    • 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.

  2. Expressing contempt.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA