WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
sneer
,
leer
(a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls)
S:
(n)
sneer
(a contemptuous or scornful remark)
Verb
S:
(v)
sneer
(express through a scornful smile)
"she sneered her contempt"
S:
(v)
sneer
(smile contemptuously)
"she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"