| 释义 |
ˈsneerful, a.
[f. sneer n.]
a. Of persons: Given to sneering.
b. Of words, etc.: Of the nature of a sneer; scornful.
a1763Shenstone Economy iii. Wks. 1764 I. 303 Cell ever squalid! where the sneerful maid Will not fatigue her hand! 1844Tupper Heart xi. 120 Out-swearing and out-threatening our sneerful stock-jobber. 1880S. Wales Daily News No. 2514. 6/6 We had a sneerful and insulting answer.
Hence ˈsneerfulness.
1873Leland Egypt. Sketch-Bk. 204 Cherishing no feeling of scorn or sneerfulness against them. |