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leering |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb leer Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb leer Entailment of verb leer Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb leer 1 sense of leer Sense 1 leer => look Familiarity of verb leer leer used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb leer Sense 1 leer => look -------------- Overview of verb leer The verb leer has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) leer -- (look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression: "They leer, they simper at her shame": Gay) Overview of adj leering The adj leering has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) leering -- (showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell) 2. leering -- ((of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys") Antonyms of adj leering 2 senses of leering Sense 1 leering INDIRECT (VIA malicious) -> unmalicious Sense 2 leering INDIRECT (VIA sexy) -> unsexy Similarity of adj leering 2 senses of leering Sense 1 leering => malicious (vs. unmalicious) Sense 2 leering => sexy (vs. unsexy) Attributes of adj leering Familiarity of adj leering leering used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj leering leering Overview of verb leer The verb leer has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) leer -- (look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression: "They leer, they simper at her shame": Gay) Overview of adj leering The adj leering has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) leering -- (showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell) 2. leering -- ((of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys")
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