leering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  2. adjective satellite showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
    • she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
  3. adjective satellite (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
    • leering drugstore cowboys

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