leeringly
In suggestive glances
In a leering manner—with a sly, knowing, or lustful sideways glance: He smiled leeringly at her across the bar.
The word suggests something unsettling or predatory in the gaze, an unwelcome sexual interest or smug suggestiveness.
Staring with desire
- lechingOgling with lust
- lustfullyWith sexual desire
- salaciouslyIn a lustful way
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
perving · creepily · sleazily · wolfishly · hungrily · ravenously · lasciviously · libidinously
In a teasing, romantic way
- provocativelyIn an inciting manner
- seductivelyIn an alluring manner
- teasinglyIn a playfully mocking way
- coylyWith affected shyness
enticingly · alluringly · tantalizingly · saucily · sultrily · amorously · coquettishly · invitingly
Gazing without break
- gawkingStaring stupidly, openly
- peeringStudying something with concentration
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- nosilyIn a prying manner
invasively · obtrusively · brazenly · boldly · forwardly · presumptuously · impertinently · rudely
Expressing scorn facially
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
- contemptuouslyWith scorn or derision
tauntingly · jeeringly · snidely · disdainfully · menacingly · threateningly · sinisterly · malevolently
ogling
Staring with desire
- lechingOgling with lust
- lustfullyWith sexual desire
- salaciouslyIn a lustful way
lecherous · perving · creepily · sleazily · wolfishly · hungrily · ravenously · lasciviously · libidinously · covetously
flirtatiously
In a teasing, romantic way
- provocativelyIn an inciting manner
- seductivelyIn an alluring manner
- teasinglyIn a playfully mocking way
coyly · enticingly · alluringly · tantalizingly · saucily · sultrily · amorously · coquettishly · invitingly · playfully
staring
Gazing without break
- gawkingStaring stupidly, openly
- peeringStudying something with concentration
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
nosily · invasively · obtrusively · brazenly · boldly · forwardly · presumptuously · impertinently · rudely · shamelessly
sneering
Expressing scorn facially
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
contemptuously · tauntingly · jeeringly · snidely · disdainfully · menacingly · threateningly · sinisterly · malevolently · maliciously
leeringlyinnocently
Without intent to harm
guilelessly · naively · purely · blamelessly · artlessly
leeringlyopenly
Without hiding anything
directly · forthrightly · candidly · honestly · straightforwardly
leeringlyinnocently
Without intent to harm
respectfully · wholesomely · chastely · admiringly · reverently