Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
leering
English answer:
looking at me in a sexually suggestive or lascivious way
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
May 27, 2015 10:28
9 yrs ago
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English term
China
leering
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Hi, could anyone help me with the meaning of " leering " in this context, many thanks in advance.
With James, a leering acquaintance from Oxford to whom I did not know how to say no.
With James, a leering acquaintance from Oxford to whom I did not know how to say no.
Change log
May 27, 2015 10:36: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "adjectives" to "(none)"
Jun 10, 2015 04:03: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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looking at me in a sexually suggestive or lascivious way
"leer
Look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious, or lascivious way: bystanders were leering at the nude painting"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...
Leering is implicitly a bit crude and unpleasant.
The writer is a woman and not saying no means not saying no to sex
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-27 12:02:46 GMT)
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Sorry, wrong link at the end; it should have been this, which is the source:
https://books.google.es/books?id=LxW28RP05j0C&pg=PT25&lpg=PT...
Look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious, or lascivious way: bystanders were leering at the nude painting"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...
Leering is implicitly a bit crude and unpleasant.
The writer is a woman and not saying no means not saying no to sex
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-27 12:02:46 GMT)
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Sorry, wrong link at the end; it should have been this, which is the source:
https://books.google.es/books?id=LxW28RP05j0C&pg=PT25&lpg=PT...
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Piyush Ojha
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Thanks, Piyush :)
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks, Tina :)
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Phong Le
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Thanks, Phong Le :)
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Rostislav Artemenko
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
To translate is to understand
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Ukrainian to Russian, German to Russian, English to Chinese, and 4 more.
Подозрительное знакомство или сомнительное знакомство
Понятно по констекту и есть перевод в Мультитране
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Excuse me, but this is an English monolingual question from an Asker in China!
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unpleasant, malicious, lascivious
Unpleasant is probably the safest bet if you have no more context than what you provided us with...
Discussion
I'm sorry for the lack of the context, but I think Davies's answer sort of answers my question. Thanks a lot.
This is not the sort of adjective I would expect to see in this sentence; so we need to know what the circumstances are and why the writer may have chosen this word — and also, whether they mean it very literally, or more figuratively?
So who are the characters involved, what does the ongoing story say about them and their relationship, has the 'leering' got anything to do with the 'can"t say no' or not, etc. etc.?