A silly self-conscious smile.

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^†.    ... show more

Smile affectedly or derisively.

synonym: smirk.

Roget 855: affect, act a part, put on; give oneself airs etc. (arrogance) 885; boast etc. 884; coquet; simper, mince, attitudinize, pose; flirt a fan; overact, overdo.    ... show more

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.    ... show more

Dutch: monkelen