sneer
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
- nounA facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- verbTo utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
Example:
to sneer fulsome lies at a person
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,034 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 73% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e