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smirk Definition

smirk (smʉrk)

intransitive verb

to smile in a conceited, knowing, or annoyingly complacent way

Etymology: ME smirken < OE smearcian, to smile

noun

a smile of this kind

smirk Related Forms
smirker noun smirk·ingly adverb smirky adjective
smirk Synonyms

smirk

n.

leer, grin, smile; see sneer.

smirk Usage Examples

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.
smirk Quotes

   Thereare only twostyles of portrait painting, theserious and the smirk.

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

Un mari porte un masque avec le monde, et une grimace avec sa femme. A husbandwears a mask intheworld and a smirk withhis wife.

—Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de

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