smirk
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornfulAn uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
Meaning
2 sensesAn uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
Geschmunzel
ухмы́лкаuxmýlka
по́смішкаpósmiška
A forced or affected smile.
- a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
Examples
43 sentencesWipe that smirk off your face.
ruУбери ухмылку со своего лица. — corvard
Tom had a smirk on his face.
What are you smirking about?
ruЧему ты ухмыляешься? — Wezzel
deWorüber grinst du so? — Dani6187
What are you smirking at?
ruЧему ты ухмыляешься? — Wezzel
You're smirking again.
deDu schmunzelst wieder. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smeFrom 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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