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Fleer   Listen
noun
Fleer  n.  
1.
A word or look of derision or mockery. "And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn."
2.
A grin of civility; a leer. (Obs.) "A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers."





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"Fleer" Quotes from Famous Books



... fleer me! his lordship among revellers! oh! the blest prodigy! well, well, I give no promise, mark; but should a certain damsel lack a partner, adod. I know not—sixty-live shows with an ill-grace in a rigadoon, but for a minuet: well, well, St. Vitus strengthen me, ...
— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor - Volume I, Number 1 • Stephen Cullen Carpenter
... To flewer or fleer is to smile in that grinning manner which shows all the teeth. Our forefathers considered it a mark of a sneering, ...
— It Might Have Been - The Story of the Gunpowder Plot • Emily Sarah Holt
... replied 'An angel is not evil; I should have fear'd her had she been a devil.' With that all laugh'd, and clapp'd him on the shoulder, Making the bold wag by their praises bolder. One rubb'd his elbow, thus, and fleer'd, and swore A better speech was never spoke before. Another with his finger and his thumb Cried 'Via! we will do't, come what will come.' The third he caper'd, and cried 'All goes well.' The fourth turn'd on the toe, and down he fell. With that they all did tumble on the ground, With such ...
— Love's Labour's Lost • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]


Words linked to "Fleer" :   mortal, scorn, fugitive, person, simper, smirk, somebody, contempt


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