sneer
/snɪə/
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American sound/snɪə/
sneer
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US voice -> sneer
Myanmar meaning
(v) လှောင်သည်။ သရော်သည်။ သရော်ပြုံးပြုံးသည်။ လှောင်ရယ်ရယ်သည်။ အထင်သေးကြောင်းကိုပြသည့်အကြည့်၊အပြုံး၊အပြော၊စကားရပ်စသည်။
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sneer /snÇå(r)/ v ~ (at sb/sth)
လှောင်သည်။ သရော်သည်။ သရော်ပြုံးပြုံးသည်။ လှောင်ရယ် ရယ်သည်။ He's always sneering at people less clever than he is. ❍ ‘What a ridiculous notion,’ she sneered. ❍ SMIRK
n အထင်သေးကြောင်းကိုပြသည့် အကြည့်၊ အပြုံး၊ အပြော၊ စကားရပ် စသည်။ endure the jeers and sneers of one's enemies ❍ He looked at me with a sneer of disdain.
sneeringly /'snÇårÇ5li/ adv
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scorn, scoff, turn your nose up at, mock, deride, laugh at, snicker, affront, barb, belittle, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, condemn, contemptuousness, crack, curl one's lip at, cutting remark, decry, despisement, detract, dig, disdain, disparage, dump, expression, fleer, flout, foolery, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grimace, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, jibe, lampoon, leer, look down on, mouthing, parting shot, put down, put-down, putdown, quip at, rally, rank out, rank-out, ridicule, sardonicism, satirize, scornfulness, simper, slam, slight, smile, smirk, smug look, snarl, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate, wry face
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