smirk as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
smirk
noun
1 smirk
A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
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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Dutch: grijnslach
Polish: uśmieszek
verb
1 smirk
Smile affectedly or derisively.
synonym: simper.
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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Dutch: monkelen
Moby thesaurus: beam, bridle, bright smile, broad grin, crack a smile, ear-to-ear grin, fleer, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grimace, grin, grinning, idiotic grin, leer, mince, mince it, prink, sardonic grin, scornful laugh, simper, smile, smile brightly, smiling, sneer, snicker, snigger, snort, stupid grin, toothful grin ... show more.
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