Thesaurus: fleer

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1. n. One who flees.
2. 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.
3. To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
4. v. t. To mock; to flout at.
5. n. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
6. n. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
7. v. to smirk contemptuously
8. One who flees. Ld. Berners. 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. To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl. 1. A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak. 2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.
9. One who flees. Ld. Berners.
10. n. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words v. to smirk contemptuously