sneer

1. (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.Examples: "So General Oakfield's friends taunted him with having been beaten, and Blackeston's friends sneered at him for not having called the general out. Blackeston, a studious and sensitive man, felt the taunts of his friends as only a student can."intransitive

2. (transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.Examples: "to sneer fulsome lies at a person"; "There was a quick scuffle within the cabin. "Leave me alone, I say, and git!" cried the cook. "Can't I be friendly without you hollerin?" sneered the miner. "You wouldn't have been 'lowed to stay round here if it hadn't been for me.""transitive