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leering |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leer \Leer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leered} (l[=e]rd); p. pr & vb n. {Leering}.] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look I will leerupon him as a' comes by --Shak. The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: leering adj 1: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell 2: (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"
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