sneerful

adj

1. Given to sneering.

   “Cell ever squalid where the sneerful maid Will not fatigue her hand!”

   “Whenever I find myself feeling sneerful, I just remind myself, 'But there's Jaro — intelligent and kind and strong.'”

   “My restless, itchy Syrian companion was rolling a cigarette beside me, making some observation futile and sneerful as usual.”

   “Abby could tell by his voice that he wasn't in his sneerful humour but was friendly drunk.”

2. Expressing contempt.

   “He stood for a few seconds looking after the car, on his lips a sneerful smile.”

   “Caspar Cass's Comedy Players at the Winter Garden, an ash-blonde girl said to a tall thin man with a sneerful face.”

   “Not that you do actually sneer, of course — that is stage business, not storytelling—but still a sneerful suggestion undoubtedly creeps in.”

   “Satan must laugh in sneerful derision.”