You could tell by the ear-to-ear grin that came to his face that he really had something to smile about.
Source: tatoeba (20656)
Grin
//ɡɹɪn//
Synonyms for "grin" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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6 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 31 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- крива усмивка noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Cebuano
1 entries- yuhom noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 露齿而笑 noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- 露齒而笑 /露齿而笑 verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Coastal Kadazan
1 entries- ngingis noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Danish
2 entries- grin noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- grine verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Dutch
2 entries- grijns noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- grijnzen verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Esperanto
1 entries- rideti verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Finnish
4 entries- virne noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- virnistys noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- virnistellä verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- virnistää verb (To smile showing the teeth)
French
2 entries- sourire noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- sourire verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Georgian
1 entries- კრეჭს verb (To smile showing the teeth)
German
2 entries- Grinsen noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- grinsen verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Hungarian
3 entries- vigyor noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- vigyorgás noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- vigyorog verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Icelandic
1 entries- glott noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Ingrian
2 entries- irvissös noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- irvistää verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Irish
1 entries- straoise noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Italian
2 entries- sorriso noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- sorridere verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Malay
2 entries- sengihan noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- tersengih verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Maranao
1 entries- ngimel noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Marathi
2 entries- बत्तिशी दाखवणे verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- विचकणे verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Māori
3 entries- pakiri noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- mimingo kata verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- pakiri verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- glis noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- glise verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Polish
4 entries- banan noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- szeroki uśmiech noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- uśmiech od ucha do ucha noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- suszyć ząbki verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Portuguese
3 entries- sorriso aberto noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- arreganhar verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- sorrir abertamente verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Russian
4 entries- усме́шка noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- ухмы́лка noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- усмеха́ться verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- усмехну́ться verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cerek noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- kez noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- кез noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- церек noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Slovak
1 entries- úškrn noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Spanish
3 entries- sonrisa abierta noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- sonrisa amplia noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- sonreír verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Swedish
4 entries- flin noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- leende noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- flina verb (To smile showing the teeth)
- le verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Tamil
1 entries- இளி verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Turkish
1 entries- sırıtmak verb (To smile showing the teeth)
Ukrainian
2 entries- по́смішка noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
- у́смішка noun (A smile revealing the teeth)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?
Source: tatoeba (54103)
He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
Source: tatoeba (289066)
I don't care if you don't like your Aunt Mary. You'll just have to grin and bear it while she's here.
Source: tatoeba (572439)
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