to smirk
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4.4
- verb
- /smɜrk/
:
sonreír con suficiencia
- Vicki, beautiful in a black-and-silver ski jacket, smirked from another window.
Even that last part where she was kind of smirking might have made her look a little bad.
- Even that last part where she was kind of smirking might have made her look a little bad.
- There may have even been some smirking when men they knew took second wives or fathered children outside their marriages.
- And you know, when COVID first struck, I, I sort of, I smirked.
- In the dream, the guards just shook their heads, smirked when I spelled out my name, shook the freezing bars instead of nightly escorts out.
Examples
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When Bill saw me, he smirked and said, "I wasn't sure if I'd see you again."
Academic text (2009) -
Wipe that smirk off your face.
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Men, if a woman tells you that you have beautiful eyes, look at her and smirk and say thank you and own it.
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Go on and smirk, Mr. Smirk.
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The reason I smirk when you ask that question is because it puts me in a position of some kind of expert.
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What are you smirking at?
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He'd look at me, smirk, pop the gum, and say, "Do what?"
Academic text (2002) -
Damian's turbulence faded as he looked around at the smirking faces of his friends.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Are you setting the example for your employees?" Andro smirked as he followed Conek across the plasticrete landing pad.
Fiction book (1991) -
He couldn't help but smirk when his rival tripped over his own feet.
Synonyms
39
5.6
Smile or speak to show you do not respect someone
To smile in a proud, secret way because you feel pleased with yourself
Antonyms
How Smug
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smirk comes from the same root as smile and originally meant 'to smile' in a knowing, slightly mean way, so to smirk is to give that small, annoying grin that shows you are pleased with yourself.