Showed contempt (7)

I believe the answer is:

sneered

'showed contempt' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for sneered that I've seen before include "Ridiculed" , "Smiled contemptuously" , "Showed contempt" , "Derided" , "Mocked contemptuously" .)

I've seen this clue in the Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, the Newsday.com, the L.A. Times Sunday, the L.A. Times Daily, The Telegraph and the New York Times.

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