sneer at

But it lies in dark historical episodes like the rise of the Third Reich and the unhappy present of too many countries in what we have hitherto been pleased to sneer at as the “Third World.”

People joke about how Arsenal are like Tony Pulis' old Stoke City side in that respect, but I see their ability to score from corners as being a feather in their cap rather than something to sneer at.

Was it crude to laugh and sneer at the end of a human life?

"It can be easy to sneer at the arrival of a new Christmas movie," noted the Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye.

Sir Keir dismissed the idea as "desperate" and said the UK doesn't need a a "teenage Dad's Army" but Mr Sunak hit back with "all he can do is sneer at it because you don't have any ideas".