leering

3 definitions found

leering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           I will leerupon him as a' comes by.      --Shak.
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           The priest, above his book,
           Leering at his neighbor's wife.          --Tennyson.
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leering - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"

leering - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "leering":
     banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
     derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
     grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, levity,
     mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery,
     rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart,
     smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking,
     sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing,
     twitting