Tina Brown

It always seemed to me ironic that the McCain campaign kept referring sneeringly to Obama's meager resume - 'a mere community organizer!' - before he entered electoral politics. It was Obama's experience as a community organizer that proved such a killer app when he applied that skill to the Internet.

American Editor

Used to express negative feelings towards a person or idea, showing low respect.

Negative Emotion

Often implies a physical sneer on the speaker's face, indicating mockery or disdain.

Facial Expression

More common in spoken English or direct speech in writing, not in formal text.

Informal Speech

 So, what about life on Mars? Well, if somebody had asked me about a dozen years ago what I thought the chances of life on Mars would be, I would've probably said, a couple of percent. And even that was considered outrageous at the time. I was once sneeringly introduced

Sneeringly