A voyeur is someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching other people having sex or taking their clothes off.
2. countable noun
If you describe someone as a voyeur, you disapprove of them because you think they enjoy watching other people's suffering or problems.
[disapproval]
The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us.
voyeur in British English
(vwaɪˈɜː, French vwajœr)
noun
a person who obtains sexual pleasure or excitement from the observation of someone undressing, having intercourse, etc
Derived forms
voyeurism (voˈyeurism)
noun
voyeuristic (ˌvoyeurˈistic)
adjective
voyeuristically (ˌvoyeurˈistically)
adverb
Word origin
C20: French, literally: one who sees, from voir to see, from Latin vidēre
voyeur in American English
(vɔɪˈɜr; vwɑˈjɜr)
noun
1.
a person who has an exaggerated interest in viewing, esp. furtively and habitually, persons who are disrobing, engaged in sexual activity, etc.; peeping Tom
2.
a person who obsessively watches others, esp. in seeking the unsavory details of their lives