Past tense of leer
regular verb
The past tense of leer is leered. The past participle is also leered.
Forms of leer
| Base form (V1) | leer /ˈlɪə̯/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | leered |
| Past participle (V3) | leered |
| Present participle | leering |
| Third person singular | leers |
Leered in a sentence
- Jacey felt a surge of ewphoria at the bar when a couple of drunken old men leered at her.From the entry ewphoria
- A yellow, viraginous caricature of Hillary Clinton leered out from a black background.2008 May 18, Peggy Orenstein, “The Hillary Lesson”, in New York Times. From the entry viraginous
- "Thought you'd seen the last of me, dincha, girlie?" Clay Larsson leered down at Shane and me.2001, Jenny Carroll, Code Name Cassandra. From the entry dincha
- Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut.2000, Phil Austin, Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar, page 109. From the entry clock
- Jealous and full of anger, they leered as the soft song of the scop praised the All-Powerful.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 20. From the entry scop
Meaning of leer
- verb To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
- verb To entice with a leer or leers.
- noun A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
Questions about the past tense of leer
- What is the past tense of leer?
- The past tense of leer is leered.
- What is the past participle of leer?
- The past participle of leer is leered.
- Is leer a regular or irregular verb?
- Leer is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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