Usually means: Smug, slightly irritating, confident smile.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. smirk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. smirk: Merriam-Webster
  3. smirk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. smirk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. smirk: Collins English Dictionary
  6. smirk: Vocabulary.com
  7. Smirk, smirk: Wordnik
  8. smirk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. smirk: Wiktionary
  10. smirk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. smirk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. smirk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. smirk: Dictionary.com
  14. smirk (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. smirk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Smirk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Smirk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. smirk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. smirk: Rhymezone
  20. Smirk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. smirk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. smirk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. smirk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. smirk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SMIRK: Acronym Finder
  2. smirk: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. smirk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. smirk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smirk)

▸ noun:  An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
▸ noun:  A forced or affected smile.
▸ verb:  To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering

Similar:
simper, smile-smirk, smirkfest, grin, sneer, shit-eating grin, scowl, grimace, snigger, scoff, more...

Opposite:
frown, scowl, grimace, glower

Types:
leer, grin, sneer, more...

Phrases:
smirk in mischief, wicked smirk, opposite of smirk, evil smirk, amused smirk, more...

Adjectives:
satisfied, little, slight, sly, evil, small, triumphant, silly, sarcastic, big, faint

Colors:
    mauve,     lavender,     periwinkle,     lilac,     plum, more...


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Similar:
simper, smile-smirk, smirkfest, grin, sneer, shit-eating grin, scowl, grimace, snigger, scoff, more...

Opposite:
frown, scowl, grimace, glower

Types:
leer, grin, sneer, more...

Phrases:
smirk in mischief, wicked smirk, opposite of smirk, evil smirk, amused smirk, smirk slightly, knowing smirk, smirk graciously, satisfied smirk, corner of mouth up in a smirk, smirk of satisfaction, more...

Adjectives:
satisfied, little, slight, sly, evil, small, triumphant, silly, sarcastic, big, faint

Colors:
    mauve,     lavender,     periwinkle,     lilac,     plum, more...



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