leer
1to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intent: Go away! I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
a lascivious or sly look.
Origin of leer
1Other definitions for leer (2 of 2)
having no burden or load.
faint for lack of food; hungry.
Origin of leer
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How to use leer in a sentence
As she walked through the camp streets, she turned away lurid leers with a troubled glance.
Heim had met von Leers a few times, but it was not an acquaintance he had any interest in deepening.
Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi | Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOmar Amin was not an Egyptian but rather a convert to Islam once known as Johann von Leers.
Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi | Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were squints, and leers, and some dull, ox-like stares from those who were too dull or too weary to converse.
Sister Carrie | Theodore DreiserBut Rostafinski is certain Leers had A. punicea in mind, and that other early names are equally ill-applied.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
I have seen the original letter of the bookseller Leers, where he describes the death of our philosopher.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'IsraeliShe grew to fear Davy's ugly leers more than the brutal words of the others.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow | George Barr McCutcheon(He laughs again and leers with lacklustre eye) Thanks be to God we have it in the house, what, eh, do you follow me?
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for leer
/ (lɪə) /
(intr) to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
such a look
Origin of leer
1Derived forms of leer
- leering, adjective, noun
- leeringly, adverb
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