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Exact Match:

leering: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell; (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"

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eyeful collapse: a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful"; a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"

bantering collapse: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

panning collapse

taunting collapse

railing collapse: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports; material for making rails or rails collectively

razzing collapse

twitting collapse

mocking collapse: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

sneering collapse

raillery collapse

smirking collapse

grinning collapse

jeering collapse

scoffing collapse

smart alecky collapse

ridiculing collapse

smart ass collapse

quizzical collapse

joshing collapse

flippancy collapse: inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"

banter collapse: light teasing repartee

flippant collapse: showing inappropriate levity

kidding collapse

derisive collapse: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

preview collapse: a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public; an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future; watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public

roasting collapse: cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"

hissing collapse

teasing collapse: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"; arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"

fooling collapse: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

levity collapse: a manner lacking seriousness; feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

leer collapse: a suggestive or sneering look or grin; look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

mockery collapse

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