I wonder how I can distinguish a coldly smiling smiley from an honestly smiling one.
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Smiley
//ˈsmaɪli//
Synonyms for "smiley" (6 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ժպիտիկ noun (representation of a smiling face)
Belarusian
2 entries- сма́йлік noun (representation of a smiling face)
- смайл noun (representation of a smiling face)
Bulgarian
1 entries- усмихнат adj (cheerful and happy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 笑臉 /笑脸 noun (representation of a smiling face)
Czech
1 entries- smajlík noun (representation of a smiling face)
Danish
1 entries- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Dutch
1 entries- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Esperanto
1 entries- ridetulo noun (representation of a smiling face)
Estonian
1 entries- smaili noun (representation of a smiling face)
Finnish
3 entries- hymiö noun (representation of a smiling face)
- hymynaama noun (representation of a smiling face)
- kestohymy noun (slit throat)
French
2 entries- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
- émoticône noun (representation of a smiling face)
German
2 entries- Emoticon noun (representation of a smiling face)
- Smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Hungarian
3 entries- mosolygós adj (cheerful and happy)
- mosoly noun (representation of a smiling face)
- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Japanese
1 entries- スマイリー noun (representation of a smiling face)
Korean
1 entries- 스마일리 noun (representation of a smiling face)
Macedonian
2 entries- смајли noun (representation of a smiling face)
- смешко noun (representation of a smiling face)
Polish
1 entries- buźka noun (representation of a smiling face)
Portuguese
1 entries- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Romanian
3 entries- față zâmbitoare noun (representation of a smiling face)
- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
- zâmbilici noun (representation of a smiling face)
Russian
2 entries- сма́йлик noun (representation of a smiling face)
- смайл noun (representation of a smiling face)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smajli noun (representation of a smiling face)
- smjȅško noun (representation of a smiling face)
- smȅško noun (representation of a smiling face)
- смајли noun (representation of a smiling face)
Slovene
1 entries- smeško noun (representation of a smiling face)
Spanish
2 entries- sonriente adj (cheerful and happy)
- emoticono noun (representation of a smiling face)
Swedish
1 entries- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Thai
1 entries- สไมลีย์ noun (representation of a smiling face)
Turkish
2 entries- gülen surat noun (representation of a smiling face)
- smiley noun (representation of a smiling face)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сма́йлик noun (representation of a smiling face)
- смайл noun (representation of a smiling face)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
How are you smiley.
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Tom wore a yellow T-shirt with a smiley face on it.
Source: tatoeba (3391329)
Alberto was a friendly, smiley Mexican coworker at my software workplace on top of Burnaby Mountain.
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