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fleer
1[ fleer ]
verb (used without object)
- to grin or laugh coarsely or mockingly.
verb (used with object)
- to mock or deride.
noun
- a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
fleer
2[ flee-er ]
noun
- a person who flees.
fleer
/ flɪə /
verb
- to grin or laugh at; scoff; sneer
noun
- a derisory glance or grin
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Derived Forms
- ˈfleeringly, adverb
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Other Words From
- fleering·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fleer1
1350–1400; Middle English flerien (v.) < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flire a grin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fleer1
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian flire to snigger
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Example Sentences
He is rather inclined to fleer at any pretension to American club life of earlier date.
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And cannot I likewise, when time serves, and company is disposed to be kindly affected with it, smile and fleer as takingly?
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But as she passed through the portal down the steps of the turret, she flung back certain words with a defiant fleer.
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To flewer or fleer is to smile in that grinning manner which shows all the teeth.
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For, fleer as aliens would, this was the Awakening of the Red Dragon.
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