leer

Examples

• All

• The rock star tried to smile with a face accustomed to leers and smirks.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Faces contort and stretch into a helpless leer.

  The Singing Detective (2003)

• "Well, I suppose it is," he said as a delicious leer crossed his face.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Not sneer or a leer, you know, but just like, happy.

  Rich Roll

• Up close, his yellow leer is a toxic stain.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Terry wore his reflexive lascivious leer, but it was clear he was disappointed in Mary."

  Fiction book (1996)

• Ward Gibbon's lip curled into a wolfish leer of triumph.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Michael and Cameron observe Joey's leers at Bianca from their bench in another corner.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "Even in the dark, the off-kilter gleam of Father Herrick's toothy leer was visible.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The man approached her with a lewd leer that made her feel uncomfortable.

How Suggestive

to ogle

• Offensive

7 7.9

leer

• NSFW

10 8.2

stare

108 1.0

to look

∞ 1.0

glance

222 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology