FLEER, verb intransitive 1. To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; as, to fleer and flout. Covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our soleminity. 2. To leer; to grin with an air of civility. A teacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. FLEER, verb transitive to mock; to flout at. FLEER, noun 1. Derision or mockery, expressed by words or looks. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. 2. A grin of civility. A treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
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