1) Affected grin 2) Affected smile 3) Annoying look 4) Conceited look 5) Conceited smile 6) Devilish grin 7) Facial expression 8) Facial expression for Dubya 9) Facial expression 10) Gloating look 11) Grin 12) Grinning 13) Hardly an ingratiating grin 14) Haughty look 15) Irritating facial expression
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1) Beam 2) Grin 3) Simper 4) Smile 5) Sneer
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A smirk is a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness, falling into the category of what Desmond Morris described as Deformed-Compliments Signals. A smirk may also be an affected, ingratiating smile, as in Mr Bennet`s description of Mr Wickham as making smirking love to all his new in-laws. ==Etymology== The term has been derived fro....
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• (v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper. • (a.) Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. • (n.) A forced or affected smile; a simper.
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Smirk adjective Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. 'So
smirk , so smooth.'
Spenser. Found on
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Smirk intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Smirked ;
present participle & verbal noun Smirking .] [ Middle English
smirken , ASS.
smercian ,
smearcian ; confer Middle High German
smieren ,
smie...Found on
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Smirk noun A forced or affected smile; a simper. « The bride, all
smirk and blush, had just entered.»
Sir W. Scott. Found on
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[
n] - a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure 2. [v] - smile affectedly or derisively
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noun a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
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[Literary terms] a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
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