verb
- to laugh at or mock in a scornful way
Usage: archaic
noun
- a mocking or scornful laugh or grimace
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The courtiers would fleer at anyone who dared challenge the king.
- She gave him a cold fleer before turning away.
- The bullies began to fleer at the new student’s accent.
- His fleer revealed his contempt for the proposal.
- The villain would fleer at his victims’ pleas for mercy.
- With a cruel fleer, she dismissed their concerns.