Smiling

/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb

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

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gringrinningsmileamusedarchlikeauspicious

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

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