Sneer vs Satirize - What's the difference?
sneer | satirize |
To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
A display of contempt; scorn.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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As verbs the difference between sneer and satirize
is that sneer is to raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn while satirize is to make a satire of; to mock.As a noun sneer
is a facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.sneer
English
Verb
(en verb)- to sneer fulsome lies at a person
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer , obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
