leer
/lɪr/
verb
- To look at someone in an unpleasant, rude, or sexually suggestive way.
- The man at the bar kept leering at her until she moved to another table.
- It made me uncomfortable when the stranger leered at me from across the street.
- The teacher warned the student not to leer at his classmates.
Antonyms
noun
- An unpleasant, rude, or sexually suggestive look.
- The villain's leer made everyone in the room feel uneasy.
- She gave him a cold stare in response to his lecherous leer.
- I noticed a nasty leer on his face as he watched the dancers.