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Meanings of smirk in English

Portuguese
sorrir
Catalan
somriure
Spanish
sonreír afectadamente

Smile affectedly or derisively.

sorrir
Usage of smirk in English
1
Although she didn't say a word, he thought he saw a smirk.
Ape House
2
The problem for me comes at 42″ with that wry, ironic smirk.
The Irish Times
3
The smirk disappeared when Serena quickly exhausted the young man's conversational Latin.
Serena
4
In stark contrast, Bush's trademark smirk was absent at his news conference.
The Guardian
5
Holden looked up at her and saw a different kind of smirk.
Caliban's War
6
Seriously, I wanted to be very careful not to smile or smirk.
Somewhere inside
7
The young lord gave Niryn a last, triumphant smirk and strode away.
Oracle's Queen
8
We smirk that the words mercury and curative were once lumped together.
Wired
9
Gary let the twinkle overtake dignity and gave me a wicked smirk.
Coyote dreams
10
That smirk said Nick was a chump, a wuss, a regular fucktard.
The Child Thief
11
Charlie had come to smirk at him, to see him beaten again.
The Hustler
12
Then time snapped back, and he saw Chandra's rather smug little smirk.
iD
13
He quickly composed himself and curled his lip into its familiar smirk.
Halo
14
Sean was probably still in Virginity Club, Hanna thought with a smirk.
Unbelievable
15
Fortunately the bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered the room.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2
16
After these visits, Legrand used to smirk to himself in his attic.
A Chair on the Boulevard
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Translations for smirk
Portuguese
sorrir
Catalan
somriure
Smirk through the time
Smirk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common