leer (n.)

  1. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

    [ Syn: sneer ]

  2. a suggestive or sneering look or grin

    leer (v.)

  1. look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; The men leered at the young women on the beach'

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