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sleered

sleered is the simple past and past participle of sleer.

Meaning of sleer

Verb

sleer (third-person singular simple present sleers, present participle sleering, simple past and past participle sleered)

  1. (obsolete) To mock or jeer.
    • […] for were it possible that any one could bring us Father Adam's girdle and Mother Eve's apron, what laughing — what sleering — what mocking of their homely fashions would there be!1825, The Freethinking Christians' Quarterly Register, volume 2, page 142

Questions about sleered

What is sleered the simple past and past participle of?
Sleered is the simple past and past participle of sleer.

Words near sleered in the dictionary

  1. sleepyhead
  2. sleepyheads
  3. sleepytime
  4. sleepytimes
  5. sleer
  6. sleered
  7. sleering
  8. sleers
  9. Slees
  10. sleest
  11. sleet

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