[f. SNEER v.] The action of the verb SNEER.
1687. Miége, II. Sneering, a kind of ridiculous Laughter.
1847. Hare, Guesses, Ser. I. (ed. 3), 345. Sneering is commonly found along with a bitter, splenetic misanthropy.
1868. [see SNEER v. 7 b].
1908. Edin. Rev., Oct., 421. The Baron was equal with her in the matter of sneering.
b. attrib., as sneering match, E. Angl. dial. a grinning match (Forby, a. 1825); sneering muscle, a muscle instrumental in producing a sneering expression on the face (Cent. Dict., 1891).
