leer[verb]Synonyms: grin, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, squint, stare
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
leer /lɪə $ lɪr/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Perhaps from leer 'cheek, face' (11-19 centuries), from Old English hleor]
to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you think they are sexually attractive
leer at
She was sick of old men leering at her.—leer noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲