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    leer

    leer - Dictionary definition and meaning for word leer

    Definition
    (noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
    Synonyms : sneer
    Definition
    (noun) a suggestive or sneering look or grin Definition
    (verb) look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
    Example Sentence
    • The men leered at the young women on the beach
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for leer

LEAVE HER don't LEER....she is a good girl

remember how bruce "LEE-r" grins...:O

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leer sounds like dear.and you never suspect your dear ones. so leer will be opposite of dear..

You in general stand quite NEAR to one you are leering at.

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