[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt:They sneered at his pretensions.", "to speak or write in a manner expressive of derision or scorn.Synonyms: gibe"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to utter or say in a sneering manner."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.", "a derisive or scornful utterance, especially one more or less covert or insinuative.Synonyms: jeer , gibe , scoff", "an act of sneering."]}]