leering 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of leeringnext
as in lascivious

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leering

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verb

present participle of leer
as in ogling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leering
  1. lascivious
  2. prurient
  3. filthy
  4. obscene
  5. indecent
  6. locker-room
  7. smutty
  8. raunchy
Adjective
  • Joe Urias was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, burglary of an unoccupied structure, marijuana possession and battery on an officer, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The Victorian-era Comstock Act is a law that prohibits sending lewd or lascivious material, like pornography, or any material intended for producing abortions, like the drug mifepristone, through the mail.
    Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of lascivious
Adjective
  • During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Apart from prurient interest, why should any of us really care?
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of prurient
Adjective
  • They were packed in the ships’ holds in filthy conditions reminiscent of their initial arrival in North America, their prospects of freedom largely unchanged by the war.
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Don't let a little plumbing snafu make your dishwasher filthy.
    Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Many are short baby names—partly because Australia prohibits long names, obscene words, and names with symbols or too many hyphens.1 Here are some of our favorite boys' names from the land down under.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • Jaylon Johnson was unapologetic about his locker-room outburst at Matt Eberflus after Thursday’s loss in Detroit.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Ahead of their biggest of the game of the early season against No. 3 Texas, Michigan brought in New York Yankees Hall of Famer Derek Jeter to give a locker-room speech the night before Saturday's game.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
Definition of locker-room
Adjective
  • Season one is a smutty yet wonderful crescendo of self-destruction driven by a cast of characters that includes Fleabag’s intensely awkward sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her selfish and pretentious stepmother (Olivia Colman), and her clueless father (Bill Paterson).
    Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of smutty
Adjective
  • On December 5 at Citizen News in Los Angeles, Rex kicked off a night honoring Jennifer Lopez, Denis Villeneuve, Selena Gomez, and more with a raunchy speech that put a darkly comedic speed on current Hollywood instability.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the filmmakers’ attempts at raunchy humor, there’s not much that’s particularly funny, groundbreaking or memorable.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of raunchy
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