leering Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
leer.
- The men leered at the young women on the beach
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adjective satellite showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
- she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
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adjective satellite (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
- leering drugstore cowboys
