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simpersimper /ˈsɪmpɚ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYsimperOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEsimper |
Present | I, you, we, they | simper | | he, she, it | simpers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | simpered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have simpered | | he, she, it | has simpered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had simpered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will simper | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have simpered |
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Present | I | am simpering | | he, she, it | is simpering | | you, we, they | are simpering | Past | I, he, she, it | was simpering | | you, we, they | were simpering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been simpering | | he, she, it | has been simpering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been simpering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be simpering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been simpering |
THESAURUS to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up► smile to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up: She smiled and said “Good morning.'' ► grin to smile continuously with a very big smile: He walked out of his boss’s office grinning from ear to ear. ► beam to smile in a way that shows that you are very happy about something: Jenny ran to her boyfriend and hugged him, beaming at him the whole time. ► smirk to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck: The experienced snowboarders were smirking at my attempts. ► simper to smile in a way that is silly and annoying: Mary-Ann simpered and giggled, trying to look cute in front of the boys. ► leer to smile in a way that shows you are thinking about someone in a sexual way. Used when you disapprove of this way of smiling: A man at the bar was leering at the girl sitting next to him. to smile in a silly annoying way ► see thesaurus at smile1—simper noun [countable] |