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leering
has definitions from the field of sexuality
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[ adjective ] showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
Examples "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Suddenly a treble auto horn tootley-toot-tootled , and , thumbing hopefully , I saw emergent in windshield flash : red lips , streaming silk of blonde hair and - ah , trembling confusion of hope , apprehension , despair - the leering face of old Herry . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
Examples "leering drugstore cowboys" Related terms |
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