LEERING

leering

(adjective) showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; “she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye”- Amy Lowell

leering

(adjective) (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; “leering drugstore cowboys”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

leering (plural leerings)

Action of the verb to leer.

Verb

leering

present participle of leer

Anagrams

• girleen, reeling

Source: Wiktionary


LEER

Leer, v. t.

Definition: To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

Leer, a. Etym: [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Definition: Empty; destitute; wanting; as: (a) Empty of contents. "A leer stomach." Gifford. (b) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse. B. Jonson. (c) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

Leer, n.

Definition: An oven in which glassware is annealed.

Leer, n. Etym: [OE.lere cheek, face, look, AS. hleĂłr cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl.]

1. The cheek. [Obs.] Holinshed.

2. complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.] A Rosalind of a better leer than you. Shak.

3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion. With jealous leer malign Eyed them askance. Milton. She gives the leer of invitation. Shak. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. Pope.

Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered; p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.]

Definition: To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look. I will leer him as a'comes by. Shak. The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife. Tennyson.

Leer, v. t.

Definition: To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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