Usually means: Smiling with subtle, often mocking.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 12 dictionaries that define the word smirking:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. smirking: Merriam-Webster
  2. smirking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. smirking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Smirking, smirking: Wordnik
  5. smirking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. smirking: Wiktionary
  7. smirking: Dictionary.com
  8. smirking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Smirking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Smirking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. smirking: FreeDictionary.org
  12. smirking: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See smirk as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (smirking)

▸ noun:  The act of one who smirks.

Similar:
simper, grinning, smiling, smilet, smileful, smarm, duping delight, beaming, semi-smile, aftersmile, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, grinningly

Types:
wry, sardonic, smug, supercilious, derisive, mocking, sneering, derisory, more...

Phrases:
smirking adjective, smirking a bit, more...

Adjectives:
much, little, same, such, indistinguishable, busy, odious, quit, longer, conscious



▸ Words similar to smirking

▸ Usage examples for smirking

▸ Idioms related to smirking

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing smirking

▸ Words that often appear near smirking

▸ Rhymes of smirking

▸ Invented words related to smirking

Similar:
simper, grinning, smiling, smilet, smileful, smarm, duping delight, beaming, semi-smile, aftersmile, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, grinningly

Types:
wry, sardonic, smug, supercilious, derisive, mocking, sneering, derisory, more...

Phrases:
smirking adjective, smirking a bit, more...

Adjectives:
much, little, same, such, indistinguishable, busy, odious, quit, longer, conscious



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "smirking" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux