'Leering' definitions:

Definition of 'leering'

From: WordNet
adjective
Showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
adjective
(of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"

Definition of 'Leering'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I will leerupon him as a' comes by. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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