Object

• face: Safely on the boat, smirking faces all round, it's back to the resort.

Converse of object

• wipe: I'll soon wipe the smirk from the War Witch's face.

• raise: This line in my contact details often raises a smirk, usually combined with a sarcastic " Enjoy your day off " .

• have: I have to close my door every so often and have a little smirk at how stupid they are to put me in charge.

• see: I can still see that evil smirk setting his whiskers a-quiver; I can almost hear that snide little kitty laugh.

• know: She sensed more than saw the tiny twitch of a knowing smirk.

• do: So does the goofy smirk on his kidâs face.

Adjective modifier

• little: I have to close my door every so often and have a little smirk at how stupid they are to put me in charge.

• condescending: Tom looked up, she was wearing a condescending smirk, " beware the smiling fox, " Tom thought.

• satisfied: Each new enemy you encountered was a methodical treat and never failed to elicit a satisfied smirk.

• slight: With just a slight smirk, Llewellyn says that Amrat can explain everything, and hands over to him.

• big: Not soon afterward another pupil came along, and gave the boy I was sitting next to a great big smirk.

• self-satisfied: Crenshaw had the self-satisfied smirk of a man who knew he was in power, and enjoyed watching his subordinates cringe.

Preposition: on

• face: The smirk on the faces of the spiders in my home is getting a little insufferable!

Modifying Another Word

• just: When I asked him about this, he just smirked a bit.

• back: A large Jack O ' Lantern with a jagged smile smirked back at her from the neighbor's porch.

• not: We should beware a change in the wind, however, and not smirk too much at Brown's discomfort.

• still: His glasses were the same, tho, and his face had not changed, still unshaven, still smirking.

Used with why or when

• when: You won't be smirking when I take the pliers to you on the torture table!

Preposition: in

• amusement: Ameliana smirks in amusement Khyrl says, " Don't play with fire, that's a good one " Ameliana agrees wholeheartedly.