Definitions for leering

Overview of verb leer

The verb leer has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) leer

(look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach")

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")