English to French Meaning of leer - lorgner


Leer :
lorgner

lorgner, regard de côté, coup d'oeil volé

lorgner, œil

lorgnerlorgnaientreluquerleersméfiant
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Definitions of leer in English
Noun(1) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls(2) a suggestive or sneering look or grin
Verb(1) look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
Examples of leer in English
(1) He gives them with a sinister look or two with a leer on his face.(2) He's still staring at me avidly - it's almost a leer - and he's not an attractive sight.(3) It wasn't even a smile; it was more like a leer .(4) The group relaxed, and Jake grinned his wolflike leer again as he lined up his next shot.(5) He lit a cigarette and took a swig of the alcohol and grinned at me, a grin that was rapidly becoming a leer .(6) he gave me a sly leer(7) Kyle got up, and looked at Ginger with an unpleasant leer .(8) She grinned - it was more of a snarling leer - and shook her head a bit, drawing a crossbow from the packs on her stallion's rump.(9) But, said the leader of the environment committee with a smile that looked like a leer , nothing more could be done without a planning Inquiry and we would, of course, be allowed to make our objections then.(10) ÔÇÿIt was nice seeing you two,ÔÇÖ he said, glancing over at Keenan whose lips were curled in a sly leer .(11) He caught up to her, his face eased into its usual expression, which was something between a smirk and a leer .(12) All I could see was her smirk in my mind, the ever-present leer that had come to mean so much for me.(13) Lil is standing at the counter waiting to order, and in the background Paul is leering at her from the table he is sharing with David.(14) A group of men were standing on the balcony, leering at girls and making inappropriate comments.(15) Maybe older guys wouldn't be leering at the girls all the time if the girls actually looked their age.(16) Budd Schulberg, in a 1946 Saturday Evening Post article, leeringly called her a ÔÇÿNazi pinup girl.ÔÇÖ
Related Phrases of leer
Synonyms
Noun
1. lecherous look ::
lubrique regard
2. lascivious look ::
regard lascif
3. ogle ::
lorgner
4. the once-over ::
l'une fois sur
5. the eye ::
l'oeil
Verb
6. ogle ::
lorgner
7. look lasciviously at ::
regarder lascivement à
8. look suggestively at ::
regarder suggestivement à
9. eye ::
œil
10. check out ::
check-out
Different Forms
leer, leered, leering, leers, leery
Word Example from TV Shows
Please, Leonard, don't leer,
you have a girlfriend.

Please, Leonard, don't LEER, you have a girlfriend.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 22

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