smirknoun [ C ]
uk/smɜːk/us/smɝːk/disapprovinga 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- beam
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- say cheese idiom
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- stitch
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smirkverb [ I or T ]
uk/smɜːk/us/smɝːk/disapprovingto smile in this way:
I don't like the way he winks and smirks at me whenever he sees me.
He smirked his way through the interview.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- beam
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- say cheese idiom
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- stitch
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