smirk
noun [C] /smɜːk/
/smɝːk/ disapprovingDefinition
› 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.Laughing and smiling
(Definition of smirk noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amused adjective
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- cackle verb
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle noun (LAUGHTER)
- giggle verb
- giggler noun
- giggly adjective
- hysterics noun
- laughingly adverb
- laughter is the best medicine idiom
- laughter noun
- mirth noun
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- split your sides idiom
- titter verb
- toothy adjective
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Laughing and smiling
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