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Synonyms for leering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leer
Phonetic Transcription : lɪər



Définition of leering

Origin :
  • 1590s, from leer (v).
  • verb look at longingly
Example sentences :
  • His fist shot out, caught the leering guard flush on his chin.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • He turned his back after leering terribly as he looked at Gervaise.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • He spun round in his amazement and met the leering face of Ayoub.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I have stirred up ghosts of the past—leering ghosts, and I hate them.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • But now the brute came back, cautiously, crouching and leering.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys Snowbound » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Look how he keeps on licking his lips and leering at us now and then.
  • Extract from : « In the Mahdi's Grasp » by George Manville Fenn
  • Here Fannia, leering on her own good man, And there, a naked Leda with a swan.
  • Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
  • "I've seen the like before," she said, leering up into Lovaway's face.
  • Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
  • His ears were scarlet as he dashed at the leering photograph and tore it down.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • He seized it, swung it, and slashed its contents at the leering face in the window.
  • Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

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