Dictionary Entry
leer
leer is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, adjective, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To learn. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To learn.
- 2adjective
Empty; destitute; wanting
- 3adjective
Empty of contents.
- 4adjective
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
- 5adjective
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
- 6noun
An oven in which glassware is annealed.
- 7noun
The cheek.
- 8noun
Complexion; aspect; appearance.
- 9noun
A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
- 10intransitive verb
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
- 11transitive verb
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
- 12noun
a suggestive or sneering look or grin
- 13noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
Synonyms
- 14verb
look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
"The men leered at the young women on the beach"
Synonyms
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in leer:
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for LEER lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.