Smirk

  • 51leer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. smirk, wink, oblique look. v. ogle, make eyes, grimace, look or eye askance. See vision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. smirk, squint, evil grin, stare, ogle; see also sneer . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 52smile — [13] The Old English word for ‘smile’ was smearcian, ancestor of modern English smirk. This was descended ultimately from the Indo European base *smei , which also produced Greek meidos ‘laugh’, Sanskrit smeras ‘smiling’, Latvian smaidīt ‘smile’ …

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  • 53smile — vb Smile, grin, simper, smirk are comparable as verbs meaning to express amusement or pleasure or satisfaction or, sometimes, contempt or indulgence, by a brightening of the eyes and an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and as nouns… …

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  • 54smile — [13] The Old English word for ‘smile’ was smearcian, ancestor of modern English smirk. This was descended ultimately from the Indo European base *smei , which also produced Greek meidos ‘laugh’, Sanskrit smeras ‘smiling’, Latvian smaidīt ‘smile’ …

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  • 55smirker — noun a smiler whose smile is offensively self satisfied • Derivationally related forms: ↑smirk • Hypernyms: ↑smiler * * * kə(r) noun ( s) : one that smirks * * * …

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  • 56Smirkingly — Smirk ing*ly, adv. With smirking; with a smirk. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 57Smirky — Smirk y, a. Smirk; smirking. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 58Corey Haim — in 2008 Born Corey Ian Haim December 23, 1971(1971 12 23) Toronto, Ontario, Canada …

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  • 59Setting tone — Authors set a Tone in literature by conveying an emotion/feeling or emotions/feelings through words. The way a person feels about an idea/concept, event, or another person can be quickly determined through facial expressions, gestures and in the… …

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  • 60Dirk — For other uses, see Dirk (disambiguation). Japanese WW2 naval dirk A dirk is a short thrusting dagger, sometimes a cut down sword blade mounted on a dagger hilt rather than a knife blade. Like the cutlass historically used as a boarding weapon… …

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