sim·per (s m p r)v. sim·pered, sim·per·ing, sim·pers v.intr. To smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner. v.tr. To utter or express with a silly, self-conscious, often coy smile: simpered a lame excuse. n. A silly, self-conscious, often coy smile.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
simper·er n. simper·ing·ly adv. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations simpering [ˈsɪmpərɪŋ] adj [ person, smile] → minaudant(e), minaudier/ière simpering [ˈsɪmp/ərɪŋ] adj → lezioso/a, smorfioso/a
simpering [ˈsɪmp/ərɪŋ] adj → lezioso/a, smorfioso/a
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| Ward; lawyer Riverson, the new notable from a dis- tance; next the belle of the village, followed by a troop of lawn-clad and ribbon-decked young heart-breakers; then all the young clerks in town in a body -- for they had stood in the vestibule sucking their cane-heads, a circling wall of oiled and simpering admirers, till the last girl had run their gantlet; and last of all came the Model Boy, Willie Mufferson, taking as heedful care of his mother as if she were cut glass. " Then forming his features into a set smile, and affectedly softening his voice, he added, with a simpering air, "Have you been long in Bath, madam? "There now," said Miss Steele, affectedly simpering, "everybody laughs at me so about the Doctor, and I cannot think why. |