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Definition of simper in English: simperverbˈsɪmpəˈsɪmpər [no object]Smile in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner. she simpered, looking pleased with herself with direct speech ‘Luke, darling,’ she simpered Example sentencesExamples - I'm talking of real boys, not simpering 30-year-olds with shaved chests.
- Something made me turn back, I had to talk to the man who makes politicians, generals, statesmen, policy makers, backroom boys, show biz people squirm, simper, and sob.
- The man could brood and simper all he liked around me!
- They seem incapable of getting through a lesson without giggling or simpering.
- Every time I saw him, she was hanging off his arm, simpering and giggling and ugh!
- Miss Waller was always smiling, almost simpering, and Miss Hooper was a mild-mannered pale-coloured personality.
- Girls would keep on giggling and simpering whenever they felt they had caught his attention for the tiniest glance.
- In Charlotte Street, where girls simper, giggle delicately and live on Marlboro Lights, this is fighting talk.
- Now would you quit simpering over Randall and suspecting everybody but him?
- He despised simpering, giggling, weak women who had nothing better to do than cry and make themselves appear ridiculous to gain favor with him.
- He's usually got a piece of arm candy shooting him affectionate looks and simpering about how gorgeous he is.
- After it failed in the early 1990s, the bidders - leading Torontonians all of them - simpered unhappily for the rest of the decade until a bid could be stitched together in the late 1990s for the 2008 summer Olympics.
- He was teaching Boyle's Law and Archimedes' Principle to coy, simpering 13-year-olds who giggled at everything he said.
- Her mother just simpered loudly and turned away.
- Having people expect you to simper and giggle due to your gender is icky, to say the least.
- The ladies giggled and simpered like maidens half their age and allowed themselves to be escorted outside.
- While the other may simper all she pleases, maturity shows in her every glance.
- With the camera in tow, Victoria simpered and clung to her husband with a tenacity that spoke well for his patience.
- Two years, and he's just as patronising, moronic, simpering and clueless as ever.
- I did however, have a very successful class visit in which the kids all wanted to read the books I recommended and the teacher simpered at me in the nicest possible way.
Synonyms smile affectedly, smile coquettishly, giggle, titter, smirk, look coy
nounˈsɪmpəˈsɪmpər An affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating smile or gesture. Example sentencesExamples - The guard - he really did need a nickname - gave her a funny look before returning to his natural simper.
- You will never get a simper or a giggle out of her unless she is being satirical.
- Was it her simper, or her settled indifference to ideas, or the gaudy ring she wore on her right forefinger and twisted incessantly?
- Obviously, she hadn't been watching the aristocrats around her with their barely formed simpers.
- A small simper crept onto his lips which soon turned into a grin, showing off a row of perfect teeth.
- See, in many ways, he was like them, despite whatever arrogant simper he bore as he ranted off on a wild tale, as many others did as well.
- Kimberly finished her peroration, at last, and then folded her arms, promised to try harder in her school work, and sat back in her chair with a smuggish simper on her face.
- Cenon leaned in with that malicious simper planted over his face.
- Will's face cracked into a simper.
- Victoria took on a confused, as well as slightly amused simper.
- He smiled a sickly simper, eyeing the rabbit with more contempt by the minute.
- She grinned her contorted simper.
- Chris was the second one to notice, and the scowl dropped rather quickly, replaced by a sickeningly sweet simper that made Sam queasy.
- It's not a smirk or a simper or even a smile - it's a full-on grin.
- She gazed at Sebastian with disinterest, that same simper on her face.
- Agnes widened her eyes as the simper froze in her mouth and remembered that she still had a friend named Tyson.
- ‘Hey, I got to you soon enough,’ Pixie said with a simper and a giggle.
- Instead I got a knowing simper and a back turned on me.
- Its shocked expression looks more like a simper as it sits on Brewer's shoulder, perfectly arranged to look like it's creeping up from behind.
- He shrugged his shoulders for a moment before locking eyes, allowing a simper to play on his face.
Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin; compare with German zimpfer 'elegant, delicate'. Rhymes crimper, shrimper, whimper, Whymper Definition of simper in US English: simperverbˈsimpərˈsɪmpər [no object]Smile in an affectedly coy or ingratiating manner. she simpered, looking pleased with herself Example sentencesExamples - He was teaching Boyle's Law and Archimedes' Principle to coy, simpering 13-year-olds who giggled at everything he said.
- Girls would keep on giggling and simpering whenever they felt they had caught his attention for the tiniest glance.
- After it failed in the early 1990s, the bidders - leading Torontonians all of them - simpered unhappily for the rest of the decade until a bid could be stitched together in the late 1990s for the 2008 summer Olympics.
- The ladies giggled and simpered like maidens half their age and allowed themselves to be escorted outside.
- He despised simpering, giggling, weak women who had nothing better to do than cry and make themselves appear ridiculous to gain favor with him.
- While the other may simper all she pleases, maturity shows in her every glance.
- Having people expect you to simper and giggle due to your gender is icky, to say the least.
- They seem incapable of getting through a lesson without giggling or simpering.
- In Charlotte Street, where girls simper, giggle delicately and live on Marlboro Lights, this is fighting talk.
- The man could brood and simper all he liked around me!
- Miss Waller was always smiling, almost simpering, and Miss Hooper was a mild-mannered pale-coloured personality.
- With the camera in tow, Victoria simpered and clung to her husband with a tenacity that spoke well for his patience.
- I'm talking of real boys, not simpering 30-year-olds with shaved chests.
- Two years, and he's just as patronising, moronic, simpering and clueless as ever.
- Every time I saw him, she was hanging off his arm, simpering and giggling and ugh!
- I did however, have a very successful class visit in which the kids all wanted to read the books I recommended and the teacher simpered at me in the nicest possible way.
- He's usually got a piece of arm candy shooting him affectionate looks and simpering about how gorgeous he is.
- Something made me turn back, I had to talk to the man who makes politicians, generals, statesmen, policy makers, backroom boys, show biz people squirm, simper, and sob.
- Now would you quit simpering over Randall and suspecting everybody but him?
- Her mother just simpered loudly and turned away.
Synonyms smile affectedly, smile coquettishly, giggle, titter, smirk, look coy
nounˈsimpərˈsɪmpər An affectedly coy or ingratiating smile. Example sentencesExamples - She grinned her contorted simper.
- She gazed at Sebastian with disinterest, that same simper on her face.
- Will's face cracked into a simper.
- Chris was the second one to notice, and the scowl dropped rather quickly, replaced by a sickeningly sweet simper that made Sam queasy.
- Instead I got a knowing simper and a back turned on me.
- He shrugged his shoulders for a moment before locking eyes, allowing a simper to play on his face.
- See, in many ways, he was like them, despite whatever arrogant simper he bore as he ranted off on a wild tale, as many others did as well.
- He smiled a sickly simper, eyeing the rabbit with more contempt by the minute.
- It's not a smirk or a simper or even a smile - it's a full-on grin.
- Agnes widened her eyes as the simper froze in her mouth and remembered that she still had a friend named Tyson.
- A small simper crept onto his lips which soon turned into a grin, showing off a row of perfect teeth.
- The guard - he really did need a nickname - gave her a funny look before returning to his natural simper.
- Was it her simper, or her settled indifference to ideas, or the gaudy ring she wore on her right forefinger and twisted incessantly?
- Its shocked expression looks more like a simper as it sits on Brewer's shoulder, perfectly arranged to look like it's creeping up from behind.
- Cenon leaned in with that malicious simper planted over his face.
- Obviously, she hadn't been watching the aristocrats around her with their barely formed simpers.
- Kimberly finished her peroration, at last, and then folded her arms, promised to try harder in her school work, and sat back in her chair with a smuggish simper on her face.
- Victoria took on a confused, as well as slightly amused simper.
- You will never get a simper or a giggle out of her unless she is being satirical.
- ‘Hey, I got to you soon enough,’ Pixie said with a simper and a giggle.
Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin; compare with German zimpfer ‘elegant, delicate’. |