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leering

Meaning

adjective

  1. showing sly or knowing malice in a glance- Amy Lowell
    “she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye”
  2. (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
    “leering drugstore cowboys”

Synonyms for leering

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