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View definitions for leer

leer

noun as in longing look

verb as in look at longingly

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Example Sentences

He is like you would imagine a young hipster Clark Gable would be and he's got a leer on him that won't quit.

"It is magnificent to be such a willing—" added Schliemann, sidling up to him with a dreadful leer on his face.

The captain closed one eye, and a leer of subtle cunning overspread his face.

Yezid grinned more savagely than ever; and Mary closed her eyes that she might not see his leer.

And by the door stood Billy, watching them all like an evil spirit, with a leer of saturnine malice on his evil face.

"A girl with that beautiful face and form need never starve," returned the old miser, with a significant leer.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to leer, such as: eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, and smirk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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