Meaning & use
leer
To look at someone or something in a sly, lecherous, or unpleasantly suggestive way.
See it in a sentence
The stranger leered at passersby from the corner, making everyone uncomfortable.
He leered over her shoulder, trying to read the private message on her phone.
A note on using this word
Leer almost always implies an unwelcome or unsettling look, either sexually suggestive or sly and menacing.
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