leered (at)

verb

past tense of leer (at)
as in made eyes (at)
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leered (at)
  1. stared
  2. ogled
  3. eyed
Verb
  • As prosecutors played audio of Davis explaining the moment Shakur was shot, members of Shakur's family, including his stepbrother Maurice Shakur, stared ahead and listened intently from the audience.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Near the intersection of 11th Street and Washington Avenue, Hoffmann stopped and stared at the illuminated building across the street — the Miami Beach Police Department.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of stared
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  • Because every bottle of whiskey available at Jack Rose can be ordered, and is priced to be sampled, rather than ogled, the whiskey list at Jack Rose is ever changing.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Travellers flying in or out of the hub ogled the spectacle, a display of sudden corporate collapse.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Definition of ogled
Verb
  • With Amazon proposing a massive fulfillment center, the Hopkins-Allen mill eyed for a 172-unit apartment conversion and several other potential developments in the pipeline, Norwich Mayor Swarnjit Singh is pressing for more.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Kushner, of permanent-capital holding company Thrive Eternal and younger brother of Jared Kushner, and Iger, Disney’s former chief executive, were recently looking into an expansion franchise as the NBA eyed new teams in Seattle and Las Vegas.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of eyed
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“Leered (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leered%20%28at%29. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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