Meaning

2 senses

  1. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

    Geschmunzel

    ухмы́лкаuxmýlka

    по́смішкаpósmiška

  2. A forced or affected smile.

More definitions
  • a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure

Examples

43 sentences

  1. Wipe that smirk off your face.

    ruУбери ухмылку со своего лица.

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  2. Tom had a smirk on his face.

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  3. What are you smirking about?

    ruЧему ты ухмыляешься?

    deWorüber grinst du so?

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  4. What are you smirking at?

    ruЧему ты ухмыляешься?

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  5. You're smirking again.

    deDu schmunzelst wieder.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful:
Русский
By meaning 1
smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful:

Origin

From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to sme

From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k; compare talk and stalk from, respectively, tell and steal). The former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren). Doublet of smile.

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Forms

plural: smirks

Synonyms

2 synonyms
simpershit-eating grin

Word family

5 related words
Derivedsmirkersmirkilysmirkysmile-smirksmirkingly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smileA1smileysmitesmithA1
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