Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.

    verschmitzt lachen

  2. (obsolete)To glimmer; to twinkle.

More definitions
  • smile affectedly or derisively

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To smile in a frivolous manner:

Origin

Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant

Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

simpers, simpering, simpered, simpered
Base formsimper · to simper
3rd person singularsimpers
Present participlesimpering
Past simplesimpered
Past participlesimpered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysimper
he, she, itsimpers

Past simpleLesson

all personssimpered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave simpered
he, she, ithas simpered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill simper

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • smile affectedly or derisively:smirk

Word family

3 related words
Relatedsimperer
Derivedsimper outsimpery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
similarlyB1similesimmersimpleA2simpleton
simper — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto