leering
Meaning of leering
adjective
- looking or gazing in a lascivious or unpleasant way.
every leering eye in the room was on her
- look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way.
bystanders were leering at the nude painting
mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘look sideways or askance’): perhaps from obsolete leer ‘cheek’, from Old English hlēor, as though the sense were ‘to glance over one's cheek’.
Information about leering
- The plural form of leering is: leerings.
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Hyphenation of leering
leer-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- leering is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
leering synonyms
Meaning stare at in a lecherous manner:
Meaning look at closely or with interest:
Meaning look at or observe attentively over a period of time:
Meaning look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open:
Meaning look with wide open eyes, typically in amazement:
Meaning stare openly in a stupid or rude manner:
Meaning stare openly and stupidly:
Anagrams of leering
Words that rhyme with leering
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