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Leering

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Adjective

1. leering

showing sly or knowing malice in a glance

Example Sentences:
'she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye'

2. leering

(of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious

Example Sentences:
'leering drugstore cowboys'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leering

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
noun
2. 
such a look

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Leering

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noun
1. 
a sly, sidelong look showing salaciousness, malicious triumph, etc.
verb intransitive
2. 
to look with a leer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leering

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intr.v. leered, leer·ing, leers
To look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of sexual desire or sly and malicious intent.
n.
A desirous, sly, or knowing look.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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