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leer

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪə̯/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eelrStarts with LEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression

Word origin

Exact development uncertain, but apparently from a verb *leer (“to make a face, look sideways”), from leer (“cheek, face, profile”).

Used in a sentence

  • And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.
  • I thought I saw him leer in an ugly way at me while the decanters were going round, but as there was no love lost between us, that might easily be.
  • It was a quarter well stocked with deformed, leering, unkempt and uncombed idiots, who held out hands or caps and begged piteously.

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