leer
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
Types & categories
- scorn hypernym
Related & opposite
- sneer derivation
- sneer derivation
- leer derivation
- suspicious derivation
Sense 2 verb
look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
The men leered at the young women on the beach
Types & categories
- look hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a suggestive or sneering look or grin
Types & categories
- expression hypernym
Related & opposite
- leer derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspicious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | scorn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | look |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | leer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expression |