Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic)To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn

    ухмыля́тьсяuxmyljátʹsja

  2. (archaic)To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

More definitions
  • to smirk contemptuously

Translations

1 languages
Русский
to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

fleers, fleering, fleered, fleered
Base formfleer · to fleer
3rd person singularfleers
Present participlefleering
Past simplefleered
Past participlefleered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfleer
he, she, itfleers

Past simpleLesson

all personsfleered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fleered
he, she, ithas fleered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fleer

Synonyms

28 synonyms
sneerB2mockB2scoffC1tauntB2scornC1deridebadgerbambarrackbrockbullyragchiackfliggerflite

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfleerer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fledglingfleeB2fleecefleetB2fleeting
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