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  1. 1. n. One who flees. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To mock; to flout at. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. to smirk contemptuously Source: wordnet
  8. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. One who flees. Ld. Berners. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words v. to smirk contemptuously Source: ecdict

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