leering

[ leer-ing ]

/ lɪər ɪŋ /

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adjective

indicating lewd, sly, or malicious intent:He regarded her with a leering grin as she walked slowly up the path.

having a lewd, sly, or malicious look:The massive door, with a leering gargoyle for a knocker, lent the scene an air of unreality.

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Origin of leering

leer¹ + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM leering

leer·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby leering

Leeds Castle, lee gauge, leek, leek-green, leer, leering, Lee, Robert E., leery, lees, Leesburg, lee shore

How to use leering in a sentence

While her English classmates were learning to wash their hands, Nadia was worried that the devil was leering at her on the loo.
Want This Woman to Lie About Herself? You Can Just Burq Off!|Moral Courage|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An “exit” door left ajar welcomed leering lingerers backstage.
Eight Minutes at Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza Party|Caitlin Dickson|December 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Michaele asked me privately if she should expect “drunk, old, leering guys” to bother her.
Inside the Salahi Split|Diane Dimond|September 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Gone were the shaved head and leering smile from his mug shot released after the shootings.
Should He Be Forced to Take Meds?|Terry Greene Sterling|July 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST

On the Internet, you do, because the leering appears as words on a screen.
The Myth of Online Predators|Lenore Skenazy|April 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The gray pile looms above me, cold and forbidding, and on its crest stands the black figure leering at me in triumph.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The old miser's face changed suddenly from rage and malevolence to a leering softness more hateful still to her shrinking eyes.
They Looked and Loved|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
The door creaked rustily on its hinges, and an ugly, leering Chinese face peered inside.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham
Some black leering idol on whose altar was daily sacrificed a living victim?
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
Except for the leering joss and the monstrous embroidered things on the walls the rooms showed empty.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell