grin as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
grin
noun
1 grin
A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement.
synonyms: grinning, smile, smiling.
Roget 838:
rejoicing,
exultation,
triumph,
jubilation,
heyday,
flush,
revelling;
merrymaking
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883;
paean,
Te Deum
etc.
(thanksgiving)
990 [Lat.];
congratulation
etc.
896.
smile,
simper,
smirk,
grin;
broad grin,
sardonic grin.
laughter
(amusement)
840.
risibility;
derision
etc.
856.
Momus;
Democritus the Abderite†;
rollicker†.
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Roget 856:
ridicule,
derision;
sardonic smile,
sardonic grin;
irrision†;
scoffing
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
mockery,
quiz†,
banter,
irony,
persiflage,
raillery,
chaff,
badinage;
quizzing
etc.
v.;
asteism†.
squib,
satire,
skit,
quip,
quib†,
grin.
parody,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†;
farce
etc.
(drama)
599;
caricature.
buffoonery
etc.
(fun)
840;
practical joke;
horseplay.
scorn,
contempt
etc.
930.
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Dutch: grijns, smuilen, lachen, glimlachen, lach, glimlach
Polish: uśmiech
verb
1 grin
To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl.
Roget 840:
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven;
tickle the fancy;
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor;
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter;
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice;
please
etc.
829;
interest;
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game;
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks;
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care;
drive dull care away;
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp;
caper;
dance
etc.
(leap)
309;
keep up the ball;
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure;
paint the town red [Slang];
see life;
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday;
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time;
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk;
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat;
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve;
laugh,
laugh outright;
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle;
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter;
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides;
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
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Moby thesaurus: beam, bright smile, broad grin, crack a smile, ear-to-ear grin, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grinning, idiotic grin, sardonic grin, simper, smile, smile brightly, smiling, smirk, stupid grin, toothful grin.
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