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"4": "",
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"4": "to smile"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k), the former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren).",
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"An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful."
],
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"smile"
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[
"insolent",
"insolent"
],
[
"self-satisfied",
"self-satisfied"
],
[
"conceited",
"conceited"
],
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"scornful",
"scornful"
]
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔihlās",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِهْلَاس"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestorena usmivka",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "престорена усмивка"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "壞笑"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huàixiào",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "坏笑"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úšklebek"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "grijnslach"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "virne"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "virnistys"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "omahyväinen hymy"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sourire en coin"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ricanerie"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschmunzel"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "bazsalygás"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "somolygás"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leamh-mheangadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "straois"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "streill"
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{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siotgháire"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smorfia"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorrisetto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxmýlka",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "ухмы́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кес"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kes"
},
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"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sonrisita"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mueca"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sonrisa de suficiencia"
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"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sonrisa complacida"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sonrisa de satisfacción"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sonrisa de complicidad"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "sonrisa satisfecha"
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"_dis1": "72 28",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"word": "sonrisa de superioridad"
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"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pósmiška",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́смішка"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cilwen"
}
]
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{
"ref": "2003, Brian Herbert, “Xanadu”, in Dreamer of Dune, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 259",
"text": "We sat at a long table with a huge salmon on a platter in the center, prepared Szechuan style. Dad sat at one end of the table, and regaled all present with his stories. In the middle of one convoluted yarn, he rose and went around to the salmon in the center of the table. Using his fingers, he dug an eyeball out of the fish, popped it in his mouth and swallowed it whole as we looked on, aghast. “A real delicacy,” he said, with a boyish smirk.",
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}
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"A forced or affected smile."
],
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"word": "simper"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "shit-eating grin"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/smɜːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/smɝk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
},
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"word": "smerk smirke"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podsmihvam se",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "подсмихвам се"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "ušklíbnout se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "grijnzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "meesmuilen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "virnistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "hymyillä omahyväisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "ricaner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "grinsen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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"word": "feixen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "bazsalyog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "somolyog"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "ridetar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "sogghignare"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "biniiʼ yiyoołdloh"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxmyljátʹsja",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ухмыля́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxmylʹnútʹsja",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ухмыльну́ться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ке́сити се"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kesiti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"word": "sonreír con suficiencia"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posmixátysja",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "посміха́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posmixnútysja",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "посміхну́тися"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/smɝk/",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posmixnútysja",
"sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "посміхну́тися"
}
],
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"smirk"
],
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}
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"en:Facial expressions"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "smirken"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "smearcian",
"4": "",
"5": "to smile"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*smarōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to mock, scoff at"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*-kōną"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "smielen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German smielen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "smieren",
"3": "",
"4": "to smile"
},
"expansion": "smieren (“to smile”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmieren"
},
"expansion": "German schmieren",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k), the former element from Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more smirk",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most smirk",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"pos": "adj",
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"categories": [
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],
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"smart",
"smart"
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[
"spruce",
"spruce"
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[
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],
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"obsolete"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/smɜːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/smɝk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
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{
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dated"
],
"word": "smerk smirke"
}
],
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"smirk"
],
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}
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