Smirk
[smɜːk] or [smɝk]
Definition
(noun.) a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
(verb.) smile affectedly or derisively.
Editor: Verna--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
(n.) A forced or affected smile; a simper.
(a.) Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Affected smile.
v. n. Smile (affectedly), simper.
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Definition
v.i. to smile affectedly: to look affectedly soft.—n. an affected smile.—adjs. Smirk (obs.) Smirk′y smart.
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Examples
- She bustled, she chattered, she turned and twisted, and smiled upon one, and smirked on another, all in full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Did any haberdasher ever look so smirking? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There was a mirror on the wall before them, and her eyes just caught him smirking in it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He simpers, and smirks, and makes love to us all. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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