Synonyms for leer
lɪərleer

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1. sneer, leernoun

   a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

   Synonyms:
   sneer

2. leerverb

   a suggestive or sneering look or grin

   Synonyms:
   sneer

3. leerverb

   look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression

   "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

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1. leerverb

   Synonyms:
   look askance (in contempt)

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1. List of paraphrases for "leer":

   lir, lear, read

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1. Franz Rauchenstein:

   Many people in Leer county( in Unity State) have eaten water lilies in the last weeks - their only meal, the only food available, malnutrition rates may further rise in areas that have already reported critical or serious malnutrition levels such as counties in Jonglei, northern Bahr al Ghazal and greater Upper Nile.

2. South Sudan military spokesperson:

   Fighting has not reached the area of Leer, and I don't think the populations should run.