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- Dictionarysmirk/sməːk/
verb
- 1. smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way: "he smirked in triumph"
noun
- 1. a smug, conceited, or silly smile: "Gloria pursed her mouth in a self-satisfied smirk"
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a smile that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something or knowing something that is not known by someone else: "Maybe your husband does things that you don't know about," he said with a smirk. "I told you it would end in disaster," said Polly with a self-satisfied smirk on her face. Compare. simper noun. Fewer examples.
: a smile that shows a smug, condescending, or self-satisfied attitude. A former prosecutor, she deploys an interrogation style that is impatient and knowing, almost amused. The eyebrows go up, a faint smirk plays around the lips: you might as well fess up. Dana Goodyear.
If you smirk, you smile in an unpleasant way, often because you believe that you have gained an advantage over someone else or know something that they do not know. Two men looked at me, nudged each other and smirked.
A smirk is specific kind of smile, one that suggests self-satisfaction, smugness, or even pleasure at someone else's unhappiness or misfortune. Smirk can function as either a noun or a verb: "Wipe that smirk off your face. Don't smirk at me, buddy: you're gonna get yours next!"
If you smirk, you smile in an unpleasant way, often because you believe that you have gained an advantage over someone else or know something that they do not know. Two men standing nearby looked at me, nudged each other and smirked.
Definitions of 'smirk'. If you smirk, you smile in an unpleasant way, often because you believe that you have gained an advantage over someone else or know something that they do not know. [...] More.
n. a smile expressing scorn, smugness, etc, rather than pleasure. vb. 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.
SMIRK definition: to smile in an annoying or unkind way: . Learn more.
OED's earliest evidence for smirk is from around 1570, in the writing of Thomas Ingelend, playwright. It is also recorded as a verb from the Old English period (pre-1150). smirk is formed within English, by conversion.
verb. /smɜːk/ /smɜːrk/ [intransitive] Verb Forms. to smile in a silly or unpleasant way that shows that you are pleased with yourself, know something that other people do not know, etc. It was hard not to smirk. He smirked unpleasantly when we told him the bad news. She smirked to herself as she walked away. What are you smirking at? Wordfinder.
