Fleer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To smirk or laugh in contempt or derision.
  • n. A taunting, scoffing, or derisive look or gibe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
  • n. one who flees
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who flees.
  • To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
  • To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
  • v. To mock; to flout at.
  • n. A word or look of derision or mockery.
  • n. A grin of civility; a leer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To grin in mockery; make a wry face in contempt; hence, to gibe; sneer: as, to fleer and flout.
  • To grin with an air of civility; leer.
  • To mock; jeer at.
  • n. Derision or mockery, expressed by words or looks.
  • n. A grin of civility; a leer.
  • n. One who flees.
  • n. A dialectal (Scotch) variant of floor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  • n. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
  • v. to smirk contemptuously
  • Verb Form
    fleered    fleering    fleers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody    scorn    contempt    smirk    simper   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leer    mock    smile    jeer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wheni    relinquish    potage    claptrap    queasiness    aliment