smirk

Etymology


From, from , corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k), the former element from , and the latter from. Compare 🇨🇬/ ( > obsolete, rare 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
 * 2) A forced or affected smile.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِهْلَاس
 * Bulgarian: престорена усмивка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 壞笑
 * Czech: úšklebek
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , omahyväinen hymy
 * French: ,
 * German: Geschmunzel
 * Hungarian: bazsalygás, somolygás
 * Irish: leamh-mheangadh, straois, streill, siotgháire
 * Italian:, sorrisetto
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кес
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: sonrisita,, sonrisa de suficiencia, sonrisa complacida, sonrisa de satisfacción, sonrisa de complicidad, sonrisa satisfecha, sonrisa de superioridad
 * Ukrainian: по́смішка
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * 1) To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: подсмихвам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ušklíbnout se
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, hymyillä omahyväisesti
 * French:
 * German:, (colloquial)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Navajo: biniiʼ yiyoołdloh
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ке́сити се
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: sonreír con suficiencia
 * Ukrainian: посміха́тися, посміхну́тися

Adjective

 * 1)  smart; spruce; affected; simpering