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{
"term": "sneer",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "sneer",
"heSheIt": "sneers"
},
"pastSimple": "sneered",
"pastParticiple": "sneered",
"ingForm": "sneering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to show that you have no respect for somebody by the expression on your face or by the way you speak",
"sensetop": "sneer (at somebody/something)+ speech",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He sneered at people who liked pop music.",
"contextForm": "sneer (at somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "a sneering comment"
},
{
"text": "She gave a sneering laugh."
},
{
"text": "‘You? A writer?’ she sneered.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
}
],
"synonyms": "mock",
"topics": ["Appearance"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪə(r)/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneer__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪəz/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪəd/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsnɪərɪŋ/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪr/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneer__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪrz/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/snɪrd/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsnɪrɪŋ/",
"audio": "sn/sneer/sneering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: probably of imitative origin."
}