Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leering"
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) 1.7 (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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