Smirk - English meaning

Smirk – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way.
Usage examples:
He smirked in triumph
Synonims:
Smile smuglySimperSniggerLeerSmickerSmirtle

noun
A smug, conceited, or silly smile.
Usage examples:
Gloria pursed her mouth in a self-satisfied smirk

verb
To smile in a way that expresses satisfaction with yourself or pleasure about having done something or knowing something that is not known by someone else
Usage examples:
When she told him he was cool, he just smirked., her lips curled into a smirk.

Smirk translation into English

Smirk: translate from English into Chinese

傻笑, 微笑

Smirk: translate from English into Dutch

Grijns, Meesmuilen, Onnozel lachje, Onnozel lachen, Vies lachen, Gemaakt lachen

Smirk: translate from English into French

Petit sourire satisfait, Petit sourire narquois, Petit sourire affecté, Sourire d'un air satisfait

Smirk: translate from English into German

Grinsen, Feixen, Grienen

Smirk: translate from English into Hindi

नखरे की मुस्कराहट, बनावटी हंसी, दाँत निपोड़ना, मूर्खता की हँसी, चोचला करते हुए हँसना, कृत्रिम मुस्कुराहट

Smirk: translate from English into Italian

Sorrisetto, Sorriso affettato

Smirk: translate from English into Korean

비웃다, 능글맞은 웃음, 능글능글 웃다, 히죽히죽 웃다

Smirk: translate from English into Russian

Ухмыляться, Ухмылка, Самодовольная улыбка, Глупая улыбка, Деланная улыбка

Smirk: translate from English into Spanish

Sonrisa afectada, Sonreírse satisfecho, Sonreírse afectadamente

Word origin

Old English sme(a)rcian, from a base shared by smile. The early sense was ‘to smile’; it later gained a notion of smugness or silliness.

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Smirk – similar words

smirked

verb
Smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way.
Usage examples:
He smirked in triumph

noun
A smug, conceited, or silly smile.
Usage examples:
Gloria pursed her mouth in a self-satisfied smirk

Smirked - all meanings in English

Smirk synonims

leer

verb
Look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way.
Usage examples:
Bystanders were leering at the nude painting

noun
A lascivious or unpleasant look.
Usage examples:
He gave me a sly leer

noun
Variant spelling of lehr.

Leer - all meanings in English

simper

verb
Smile in an affectedly coy or ingratiating manner.
Usage examples:
She simpered, looking pleased with herself

noun
An affectedly coy or ingratiating smile.
Usage examples:
An exaggerated simper

verb
To smile in a silly or annoying way
Usage examples:
She gave her teacher a simpering smile., my face twists into some combination of a simper and a gri…

Simper - all meanings in English

snigger

ˈsnɪɡ.ər

verb
Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.
Usage examples:
The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

noun
A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.
Usage examples:
We heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes

verb
To laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
Usage examples:
They spent half the time sniggering at the clothes people were wearing., what are you two sniggerin…

Snigger - all meanings in English

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