turn up one's nose

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Definition of turn up one's nose words

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
fleer — to grin or laugh coarsely or mockingly.

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