Usually means: Not showing or expressing happiness.
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  1. unsmiling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unsmiling: Merriam-Webster
  3. unsmiling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unsmiling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unsmiling: Vocabulary.com
  6. Unsmiling, unsmiling: Wordnik
  7. unsmiling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. unsmiling: Wiktionary
  9. unsmiling: Dictionary.com
  10. unsmiling: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. unsmiling: Rhymezone
  12. unsmiling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. unsmiling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. unsmiling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Not smiling; serious or grave

Similar:
joyless, nonsmiling, unsmirking, unsolemn, unfrowning, unsneering, unsmug, unscowling, unmournful, unlaughing, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, happy, joyful, cheerful
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Similar:
joyless, nonsmiling, unsmirking, unsolemn, unfrowning, unsneering, unsmug, unscowling, unmournful, unlaughing, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, happy, joyful, cheerful



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