adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of the verb to smile. countable, uncountable

   "Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning."

2. 2
   a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of smile form-of, gerund, participle, present

   "They were smiling at the children."

Adjective

1. 1
   That smiles or has a smile.

   "smiling children"

Adjective

1. 1
   smiling with happiness or optimism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

smilebeambeamingbeamishbeamishbeatific

Antonyms

All antonyms

unsmiling

Example

More examples

"She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity."

Related phrases

smiling assassin

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