"No, no! That isn't the smiling face we are looking for." It was a 'smirk' either that or a 'sneer'.
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Smirk
//smɜːk//
Synonyms for "smirk" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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7 entrieshas property
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8 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِهْلَاس noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
Bulgarian
2 entries- престорена усмивка noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- подсмихвам се verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壞笑 /坏笑 noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
Czech
2 entries- úšklebek noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- ušklíbnout se verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Dutch
3 entries- grijnslach noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- grijnzen verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- meesmuilen verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Esperanto
1 entries- rideti verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Finnish
4 entries- omahyväinen hymy noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- virne noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- virnistys noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- hymyillä omahyväisesti verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
French
3 entries- ricanerie noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- sourire en coin noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- ricaner verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
German
3 entries- Geschmunzel noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- feixen verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- grinsen verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Hungarian
4 entries- bazsalygás noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- somolygás noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- bazsalyog verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- somolyog verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Ido
1 entries- ridetar verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Irish
4 entries- leamh-mheangadh noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- siotgháire noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- straois noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- streill noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
Italian
3 entries- smorfia noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- sorrisetto noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- sogghignare verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Navajo
1 entries- biniiʼ yiyoołdloh verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Russian
3 entries- ухмы́лка noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- ухмыльну́ться verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- ухмыля́ться verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kes noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- кес noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- kesiti se verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- ке́сити се verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Spanish
4 entries- mueca noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- sonrisa complacida / satisfecha noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- sonrisita noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- hacer una sonrisita verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Ukrainian
3 entries- по́смішка noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
- посміха́тися verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
- посміхну́тися verb (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous)
Welsh
1 entries- cilwen noun (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The boy had a mischievous smirk on his face.
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Wipe that smirk off your face.
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The next morning, Link woke up at seven o'clock, refreshed and brimming with anticipation. "Gee!" he stretched luxuriously and pressed the button on top of the Kingface alarm clock. "Oh boy, the day has finally come! I can't wait!" he mused on his way to the dining hall. "Morning, Link," the King gave him his typical greeting. "Munf-Munf? We ran outta Linky-O's. Gwonam has eaten them all." "Problem, guys?" said Gwonam with a smirk, but neither paid any attention to it. "Wow, thanks!" Link dug in enthusiastically, disregarding the strong taste that nearly made his eyes bulge. It was his own fault he let Gwonam beat him to it, after all.
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