leerleer /lɪə $ lɪr/ verb [intransitive] 
Word Origin Examples
She was sick of old men leering at her.—leer noun [countable]
Word OriginWORD ORIGINleer
Verb TableOrigin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from leer ‘cheek, face’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English hleorVERB TABLE
leer
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | leer |
| he, she, it | leers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | leered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have leered |
| he, she, it | has leered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had leered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will leer |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have leered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am leering |
| he, she, it | is leering | |
| you, we, they | are leering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was leering |
| you, we, they | were leering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been leering |
| he, she, it | has been leering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been leering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be leering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been leering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.
- My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk.
- Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.
- The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.
- The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.
Longman Language Activatorto look at someone in a way that shows you are sexually interested in them► leer
to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you think they are sexually attractiveleer at to look and smile at someone in a way that shows a strong sexual interest, especially so that people feel a little frightened, embarrassed, or offended: · "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.leer at: · The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.· Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.
► ogle to look at someone in an offensive way that shows you are sexually attracted to their body: · A group of men were ogling her from a bench across the street.· The beach was full of teenage boys who had come to ogle the girls in bikinis.
► eye up British informal to look at someone in a way that shows that you are sexually interested in them: eye somebody up/eye up somebody: · I'm not sure if he's eyeing me up or just staring at me.· Those two have been eyeing each other up all evening.
► make eyes at to make it clear to someone that you are sexually attracted to them by looking at them in a way that gets their attention: · Did you see those two making eyes at each other across the table?
a smile► smile the look on your face when you make your mouth curve upwards to show that you are happy, friendly, amused etc: · Helga has a lovely smile.· Johnny's broad smile changed slowly to a frown.· 'Hi,' said Sophie, with the most radiant smile I have ever seen.break into a smile (=to suddenly start smiling): · She clapped her hands and broke into one of her huge smiles.give somebody a smile (=smile at them): · Barry gave the old lady a warm smile.with a smile on your face: · He fell asleep with a contented smile on his face.have a smile on your face: · She's really happy for me; she has a big smile on her face.
► grin a big happy smile: · Her face broke into a delighted grin. · Joel gave her a wicked grin.· The television camera captured his sheepish grin as he stepped from the train.give somebody a grin (=grin at them): · William gave her a friendly grin as he walked past.
► smirk an unpleasant, satisfied smile, for example when you are pleased about someone else's bad luck or when you think you know something that they do not know: · Penny's lips curved in a superior smirk as he rushed from the room.
► leer an unpleasant or threatening smile, showing an unwelcome sexual interest in someone: · He leaned over the girl with a leer and she could smell the whisky on his breath.· The look on my cousin's face changed from its usual cocky leer to one of complete bewilderment.
► sneer an unpleasant, offensive smile, that shows that you think that someone is stupid or that you are better than them: · "And what's your name?" he demanded, his lip curling into a sneer.
to smile in an unpleasant way► smirk to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased about someone else's bad luck or because you know something that they do not know: · She sits there smirking as if she's the only one who knows the answer.· 'You realise you'll be stuck out here on your own, don't you?' he smirked. (=said with a smirk)smirk at: · What are you smirking at?
► leer to smile in a way that is unpleasant or threatening and that shows unwelcome sexual interest in someone: · The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.leer at: · My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk.
► sneer to smile in an unpleasant and offensive way that shows you think someone is stupid or less good than you: · As she read the letter, she started to sneer.· Some clients would sneer or smile sarcastically when I showed them my old laptop -- until they saw what it could do.sneer at: · She'd not forgotten how Gareth had laughed and sneered at them when they'd first tried to be friendly.
She was sick of old men leering at her.—leer noun [countable]