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leering
adjective
Showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
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adjective
Showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
“{'source': 'Amy Lowell', 'text': 'she had run in fear of … his evil leering eye'}”
adjective
(of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious
“Leering drugstore cowboys”
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{'source': 'Amy Lowell', 'text': 'she had run in fear of … his evil leering eye'}
Leering drugstore cowboys
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