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Definition of "sneering" [sneering]

  • Present participle of sneer. (verb)
  • The act of one who sneers. (noun)

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Use "sneering" in a sentence
  • "There is no mileage in sneering at what people are reading."
  • "I've been waiting for the formula to come to market - i can see the Seal label sneering back at me now ... maybe a Snob/Mastik collabo for non-clinchers?"
  • "Even for an administration that takes perverse pride in sneering at the term "conservation," this latest news is a shocker: President Bush's 2007 budget includes an order to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off as much as 800,000 acres of national lands to generate money for public schools."