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leer
1[ leer ]
verb (used without object)
- to 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.
noun
- a lascivious or sly look.
leer
2[ leer ]
adjective
- having no burden or load.
- faint for lack of food; hungry.
leer
/ ±ôɪə /
verb
- intr to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
noun
- such a look
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
- ˈ±ô±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leer1
Origin of leer2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leer1
Example Sentences
Guiraudie celebrates the frivolity of a steamy glance or a leering gaze, and “Misericordia†is no different, which is precisely why it’s such an exciting venture in the realm of contemporary queer filmmaking.
She did nothing to stop him from leeringly telling one participant that she has a "beautiful voice."
As such, Harvey’s appreciation of Sue is creepy, especially when he leers at her exercising in a skimpy outfit.
There are T-shirts, phones, watches, furniture, clocks, slippers, tents, wallets, trading cards, eye shadow and roller skates with Garfield’s leering image.
In other cases, witnesses were possibly nearby, so Trump reportedly limited himself to a forced kiss or leering with harassing comments.
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