fleeringn.
/ˈflɪərɪŋ/ The action of fleer v.
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1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. xciii Haue they neuer so fayre a fleryng at the fyrste face: yet..they be..farre worse than nought.
1570 T. Norton in Udall's Royster D. (1847) p. xli Their fleering..their whisperings, shewed their hartes.
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown xvii. §5 What Laughing, what Fleering, what Mocking of their homely Fashion would there be?
1827 T. B. Macaulay Country Clergyman's Trip Cambr. vi No fleering! no distance! no scorn!
1892 G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene viii. 176 He found little or no pleasure in..the fleering or flouting at a fellow-creature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
fleeringadj.
/ˈflɪərɪŋ/ That fleers; †grinning, grimacing; †smiling obsequiously; laughing coarsely or scornfully.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective] > laughing derisively
fleering?a1400
Democritic1598
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]
ficklinga1240
glozing1297
blandingc1315
blandishingc1374
glaveringc1394
fleering?a1400
sleekedc1400
faginga1425
smoothc1450
flattering1484
cogging1542
flatterous1546
butterya1585
smooth-tongueda1593
oily1598
silken1598
slick-tongued1598
soothing1599
sleek1601
slick1606
blandiloquous1615
supellectile1615
colloguing1620
losengeous1632
oiled-tongued1632
daubing1655
blandiloquious1689
smooth-booted1706
palavering1764
pill-gilding1764
oily-tongued1788
buttering1789
sleeky1810
smooth-spoken1821
oleaginous1833
butteraceous1837
saponaceous1837
soft-soapy1849
soapy1854
blarneying1884
smarmy1924
sweet-talking1956
smoothie1959
smarming1970
blandiloquent-
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > coarse laughter
fleering?a1400
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1088 Flatt mowthede as a fluke, with fleryande lyppys.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2779 Thow ffleryande wryche!
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 820 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 In come twa flyrand fulis with a fonde faire.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 131 Fleriing, flatyryng, fals, and fykkelle.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 37 This dogge exceedeth all other in..his leering and fleering lookes.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) at Giglot Strumpet, a fliering wench.
1673 J. Dryden Amboyna i. 5 I do not like these fleering Dutchmen, they overact their kindness.
a1712 W. King Hold Fast Below 19 Says then the fleering spark, with courteous grin..‘Nothing more easy’.
1833 T. B. Macaulay Horace Walpole in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 239 His tone was light and fleering.
1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) II. 26 His fleering, drunken laugh.
1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. II. 402 Jeering youths and fleering girls.
Derivatives
ˈfleeringly adv. in a fleering manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-knaues 3 A purblinde Momus fleeringly will looke, And spie no knaue but's selfe in all the Booke.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. vi. 189 The Jerbin..had looked fleeringly all the Time.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Merry Men iv. 50 He saw and recognized us with a toss of one hand fleeringly above his head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1533adj.?a1400