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Fleer definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLEER, v.i.
1. To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; as, to fleer and flout.
Covered with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our soleminity.
2. To leer; to grin with an air of civility.
A teacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
FLEER, v.t. to mock; to flout at.
FLEER, n.
1. Derision or mockery, expressed by words or looks.
And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
2. A grin of civility.
A treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops" [syn: fugitive, runaway, fleer]
2: contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words v
1: to smirk contemptuously

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English fleryen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flire to giggle Date: 15th century to laugh or grimace in a coarse derisive manner ; sneer Synonyms: see scoff • fleeringly adverb II. noun Date: 1604 a word or look of derision or mockery

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. laugh impudently or mockingly; sneer; jeer. --n. a mocking look or speech. Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand.: cf. Norw. & Sw. dial. flira to grin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fleer Fle"er, n. One who flees. --Ld. Berners.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fleer Fleer, [imp. & p. p. Fleered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide wound.] 1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak. 2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. --Latimer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fleer Fleer, v. t. To mock; to flout at. --Beau. & Fl.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n., v. n. Gibe, scoff, mock, jeer.

Moby Thesaurus

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