smirk

(smûrk)

intr.v. smirked, smirk·ing, smirks

To smile in an annoying self-satisfied manner.

An annoying self-satisfied smile.

[Middle English smirken, from Old English smercian, to smile; see smei- in Indo-European roots.]

smirk′er n.

smirk′ing·ly, smirk′i·ly adv.

smirk′y adj.

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smirk

(smɜːk)

a smile expressing scorn, smugness, etc, rather than pleasure

1. (intr) to give such a smile

2. (tr) to express with such a smile

[Old English smearcian; related to smer derision, Old High German bismer contempt, bismerōn to scorn]

ˈsmirker n

ˈsmirking adj

ˈsmirkingly adv

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smirk

(smɜrk)

v.i.

1. to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.

2. the facial expression of a person who smirks.

[before 900; Middle English smirken (v.), Old English sme(a)rcian]

smirk

Past participle: smirked
Gerund: smirking

Imperative
smirk
smirk

Present
I smirk
you smirk
he/she/it smirks
we smirk
you smirk
they smirk

Preterite
I smirked
you smirked
he/she/it smirked
we smirked
you smirked
they smirked

Present Continuous
I am smirking
you are smirking
he/she/it is smirking
we are smirking
you are smirking
they are smirking

Present Perfect
I have smirked
you have smirked
he/she/it has smirked
we have smirked
you have smirked
they have smirked

Past Continuous
I was smirking
you were smirking
he/she/it was smirking
we were smirking
you were smirking
they were smirking

Past Perfect
I had smirked
you had smirked
he/she/it had smirked
we had smirked
you had smirked
they had smirked

Future
I will smirk
you will smirk
he/she/it will smirk
we will smirk
you will smirk
they will smirk

Future Perfect
I will have smirked
you will have smirked
he/she/it will have smirked
we will have smirked
you will have smirked
they will have smirked

Future Continuous
I will be smirking
you will be smirking
he/she/it will be smirking
we will be smirking
you will be smirking
they will be smirking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smirking
you have been smirking
he/she/it has been smirking
we have been smirking
you have been smirking
they have been smirking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smirking
you will have been smirking
he/she/it will have been smirking
we will have been smirking
you will have been smirking
they will have been smirking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smirking
you had been smirking
he/she/it had been smirking
we had been smirking
you had been smirking
they had been smirking

Conditional
I would smirk
you would smirk
he/she/it would smirk
we would smirk
you would smirk
they would smirk

Past Conditional
I would have smirked
you would have smirked
he/she/it would have smirked
we would have smirked
you would have smirked
they would have smirked

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	smirk - a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure grin, grinning, smile, smiling - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Verb	1.	smirk - smile affectedly or derisively simper smile - change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure fleer - to smirk contemptuously

smirk

noun give a smug look, grin, simper They nudged each other and smirked.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

smirk

verb

To smile in an affected, knowing way:

simper.

noun

An affected, knowing smile:

simper.

Translations

بَسْمَةٌ بَلْهاءيَبْتَسِم بِبَلاهَه

domýšlivě se usmívatsamolibý úsměv

grine smørret

feixen

önelégült mosolyönelégülten somolyog

brosa tilgerîarlega/kjánalegasjálfsánægjulegt/tilgerîarlegt bros

fare un sorrisetto sorrisetto

išsivieptikvaila šypsenakvailai šypsotis

pašapmierināti smaidītpašapmierināts smaidssmīnētsmīns

sleskt glis sleskt smil smile sleskt

hlúpo/sladko sa usmievaťsamoľúby úsmev

pis pis gülmepis pis gülmeksırıtmasırıtmak

傻笑得意地笑得意的笑

smirk

[smɜːk]

A. N → sonrisa f de satisfacción

B. VI → sonreír de satisfacción

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smirk

[ˈsmɜː^rk]

n → petit sourire m suffisant

vi → sourire d'un air suffisant

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smirk

n → Grinsen nt

vi → grinsen, süffisant lächeln

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

smirk

[smɜːk]

1. n (self-satisfied) → sorriso compiaciuto; (knowing) → sorrisetto furbo; (affected) → sorriso affettato

2. vi (see n) → sorridere compiaciuto/a, fare un sorriso furbo, sorridere in modo affettato

smirk

(sməːk) verb

to smile in a self-satisfied or foolish manner. He sat there smirking after the teacher had praised him.

noun

a smile of this sort.

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'there are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk; and we always use the serious for professional people (except actors sometimes), and the smirk for private ladies and gentlemen who don't care so much about looking clever.'

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"An' 'ow yer feelin' now, sir?" he asked, with the subservient smirk which comes only of generations of tip-seeking ancestors.

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In other towns in Italy the people lie around quietly and wait for you to ask them a question or do some overt act that can be charged for--but in Annunciation they have lost even that fragment of delicacy; they seize a lady's shawl from a chair and hand it to her and charge a penny; they open a carriage door, and charge for it--shut it when you get out, and charge for it; they help you to take off a duster--two cents; brush your clothes and make them worse than they were before--two cents; smile upon you--two cents; bow, with a lick-spittle smirk, hat in hand-- two cents; they volunteer all information, such as that the mules will arrive presently--two cents--warm day, sir--two cents--take you four hours to make the ascent--two cents.

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Do you suppose that the man, into whose soul the irons of bitterness have gnawed and eaten their way, is likely to come out with a smirk and look around him for the opportunity of doing good?

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A pert smirk, and a hard glance of triumph, was Leonie's method of testifying her gratification; Eulalie looked sullen and envious--she had hoped to be first.

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"Now I must give one smirk, and then we may be rational again." Catherine turned away her head, not knowing whether she might venture to laugh.

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He looked tired and worn, but there was the same complacent repose upon his features that they always wore: and through dirt, and beard, and whisker, there still shone, unimpaired, the self-satisfied smirk of flash Toby Crackit.

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With a leap I was beside Thurid, and ere the devilish smirk had faded from his handsome face I had caught him full upon the mouth with my clenched fist; and as the good, old American blow landed, the black dator shot back a dozen feet, to crumple in a heap at the foot of Kulan Tith's throne, spitting blood and teeth from his hurt mouth.

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There was an alacrity in his manner, too, which was equally unaccountable; every time his eyes met those of Emily or Arabella, he smirked and grinned; once, Wardle could have sworn, he saw him wink.

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He made eyes at her, was taken with sudden coughs and "hems," smiled, smirked and went brazenly through the impudent and contemptible litany of the "masher." With half an eye Soapy saw that the policeman was watching him fixedly.

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He never looked back, he paid no apparent attention to me, no apparent attention to any one who passed him on his own side of the road, except now and then, when he smiled and smirked, with an easy paternal good humour, at the nursery-maids and the children whom he met.

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