Contemptuous smile

The answer

SNEER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNEER answer page.

Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TOFFS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SNEER

Every other clue in this collection answered by SNEER, most used first.

• Scornful look - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Look of contempt - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Contemptuous look - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Villain's look - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Derisive look - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Scoff - used 49 times, most recently in 2019
• Villainous look - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Scornful smile - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Look of disdain - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Show contempt - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Show scorn - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Villain's expression - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Derisive smile - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Nasty look - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Scornful expression - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Curl one's lip - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Curl the lip - used 25 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Smug smile - SMIRK, used 33 times
• Make smile - AMUSE, used 29 times
• Get a smile out of - AMUSE, used 25 times

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