Synonyms for leering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : leer |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɪər |
Définition of leering
Origin :- 1590s, from leer (v).
- verb look at longingly
- 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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