fleer

Meaning

Verb

1. (archaic) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
2. (archaic) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

Noun

Mockery; derision.

Noun

One who flees.

Synonyms

fugitive

runaway

ridicule

scoff

taunt

jeer

gibe

grin

😁

laughingstock

mock

mockery

rail

scorn

sneer

stray

target

twit

blasphemy

pish

blaze

deride

derision

escapee

flout

gird

Translations

spot

burlarse

περιγελώς

χλευάζω

fuyard

fugitif

fuggiasco

fuggitivo

mofarse

desertor

fugitivo

tránsfugo

alay

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål flire (“to giggle”), Jutish Danish flire.