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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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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.

References in classic literature ?

Sometimes they say, "Oh, how very serious you have made me look, Miss La Creevy!" and at others, "La, Miss La Creevy, how very smirking!" when the very essence of a good portrait is, that it must be either serious or smirking, or it's no portrait at all.'

All those beautiful shiny portraits of gentlemen in black velvet waistcoats, with their fists doubled up on round tables, or marble slabs, are serious, you know; and all the ladies who are playing with little parasols, or little dogs, or little children--it's the same rule in art, only varying the objects--are smirking. In fact,' said Miss La Creevy, sinking her voice to a confidential whisper,

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Then he left us after the usual compliments, smirking reassurringly over his shoulder.

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Some wheeled in smirking pairs; With the mincing step of a demirep

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Hatfield; neither, of course, had he offered me his assistance (I should not have accepted it, if he had), but as long as the door remained open he had stood smirking and chatting with them, and then lifted his hat and departed to his own abode: but I had scarcely noticed him all the time.

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"We set our chair in the MIDST"--so saith their smirking unto me--"and as far from dying gladiators as from satisfied swine."

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As these tokens were rather calculated to awaken suspicion than allay it, and were somewhat embarrassing besides, they were occasionally answered by a frown or shake of the head from Arabella, which the fat boy, considering as hints to be on his guard, expressed his perfect understanding of, by smirking, grinning, and winking, with redoubled assiduity.

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Yet the smirking old women, however wrong individually, were racially correct.

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I'd have died to have gone smirking through life with a brick for a heart and milk and water in my veins!

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Did any haberdasher ever look so smirking? Yet I will answer for it the story makes him one of the first gentlemen in the land."

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An enraged Tulip Siddiq MP once accused Boris the Foreign Secretary of "smirking at the British public" as he sat on the front bench, grinning broadly while Theresa May tried to explain away his extra NHS spending pledge.

Lesley Riddoch: Boris Johnson and Co are laughing at democracy

FURIOUS scenes erupted as Judge Mark Wall QC told smirking killer Madni Ahmed he would serve a minimum of 36 years.