undress with one's eyes
Mentally strip someone
To undress someone with one's eyes is to look at them with obvious sexual interest, visually imagining them naked.
The phrase captures that unmistakable gaze—lingering, appraising, intrusive: He was undressing her with his eyes the whole time.
It suggests desire that's barely concealed and often unwelcome.
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- checking outExamining or departing
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- gender dynamicsSocial patterns between sexes
idiom · voyeurism · fantasy · strip tease · respect · visualization · desire · sexual tension · metaphor · projection · dirty look · infatuation · curiosity · body image · longing · societal norms · euphemism · boundaries
undress with one's eyeslook past
Deliberately ignore something
undress with one's eyeslook away
Redirect one's gaze
ignore · disregard · cold shoulder · turn a blind eye · overlook
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