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Adjective [English]

IPA: /smɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /smɝk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smirk.wav Forms: more smirk [comparative], most smirk [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smirken}} Middle English smirken, {{inh|en|ang|smearcian||to smile}} Old English smearcian (“to smile”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*smarōną||to mock, scoff at}} Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-kōną}} Proto-Germanic *-kōną, {{cog|gmh|smielen}} Middle High German smielen, {{cog|de|schmieren}} German schmieren Head templates: {{en-adj}} smirk (comparative more smirk, superlative most smirk)
  1. (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-smirk-en-adj--XhrgUZc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smerk smirke [archaic, dated]

Noun [English]

IPA: /smɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /smɝk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smirk.wav Forms: smirks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smirken}} Middle English smirken, {{inh|en|ang|smearcian||to smile}} Old English smearcian (“to smile”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*smarōną||to mock, scoff at}} Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-kōną}} Proto-Germanic *-kōną, {{cog|gmh|smielen}} Middle High German smielen, {{cog|de|schmieren}} German schmieren Head templates: {{en-noun}} smirk (plural smirks)
  1. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful. Categories (topical): Facial expressions Translations (smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful): إِهْلَاس (ʔihlās) [masculine] (Arabic), престорена усмивка (prestorena usmivka) (Bulgarian), 壞笑 /坏笑 (huàixiào) (Chinese Mandarin), úšklebek [masculine] (Czech), grijnslach (Dutch), virne (Finnish), virnistys (Finnish), omahyväinen hymy (Finnish), sourire en coin [masculine] (French), ricanerie [feminine] (French), Geschmunzel [neuter] (German), bazsalygás (Hungarian), somolygás (Hungarian), leamh-mheangadh [masculine] (Irish), straois [feminine] (Irish), streill [feminine] (Irish), siotgháire [masculine] (Irish), smorfia [feminine] (Italian), sorrisetto [masculine] (Italian), ухмы́лка (uxmýlka) (Russian), кес [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kes [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sonrisita [feminine] (Spanish), mueca [feminine] (Spanish), sonrisa de suficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), sonrisa complacida [feminine] (Spanish), sonrisa de satisfacción [feminine] (Spanish), sonrisa de complicidad [feminine] (Spanish), sonrisa satisfecha (Spanish), sonrisa de superioridad (Spanish), по́смішка (pósmiška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cilwen [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A forced or affected smile. Synonyms: simper, shit-eating grin [vulgar]
    Sense id: en-smirk-en-noun-zcTX~XsW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smerk smirke [archaic, dated] Derived forms: smile-smirk, smirker, smirkily, smirkingly, smirky

Verb [English]

IPA: /smɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /smɝk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smirk.wav Forms: smirks [present, singular, third-person], smirking [participle, present], smirked [participle, past], smirked [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smirken}} Middle English smirken, {{inh|en|ang|smearcian||to smile}} Old English smearcian (“to smile”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*smarōną||to mock, scoff at}} Proto-Germanic *smarōną (“to mock, scoff at”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-kōną}} Proto-Germanic *-kōną, {{cog|gmh|smielen}} Middle High German smielen, {{cog|de|schmieren}} German schmieren Head templates: {{en-verb}} smirk (third-person singular simple present smirks, present participle smirking, simple past and past participle smirked)
  1. To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous. Synonyms: simper Translations (to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous): подсмихвам се (podsmihvam se) (Bulgarian), ušklíbnout se (Czech), grijnzen (Dutch), meesmuilen (Dutch), rideti (Esperanto), virnistää (Finnish), hymyillä omahyväisesti (Finnish), ricaner (French), grinsen (German), feixen [colloquial] (German), bazsalyog (Hungarian), somolyog (Hungarian), ridetar (Ido), sogghignare (Italian), biniiʼ yiyoołdloh (Navajo), ухмыля́ться (uxmyljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), ухмыльну́ться (uxmylʹnútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), ке́сити се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kesiti se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sonreír con suficiencia (Spanish), посміха́тися (posmixátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), посміхну́тися (posmixnútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-smirk-en-verb-Or3JAdzN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smerk smirke [archaic, dated] Derived forms: smile-smirk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "word": "virne"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "word": "virnistys"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "word": "omahyväinen hymy"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "sourire en coin"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ricanerie"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "bazsalygás"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "straois"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "roman": "uxmýlka",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "sonrisita"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mueca"
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "sonrisa de suficiencia"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sonrisa complacida"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "sonrisa de satisfacción"
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          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
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          "word": "sonrisa de complicidad"
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          "_dis1": "69 31",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
          "word": "sonrisa satisfecha"
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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": "69 31",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "pósmiška",
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔihlās",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِهْلَاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prestorena usmivka",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "престорена усмивка"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàixiào",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "壞笑 /坏笑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "úšklebek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "grijnslach"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "virne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "virnistys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "omahyväinen hymy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sourire en coin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ricanerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geschmunzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "bazsalygás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "somolygás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leamh-mheangadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "straois"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "streill"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siotgháire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smorfia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sorrisetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxmýlka",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "ухмы́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кес"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kes"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonrisita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mueca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonrisa de suficiencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonrisa complacida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonrisa de satisfacción"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonrisa de complicidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "sonrisa satisfecha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "word": "sonrisa de superioridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pósmiška",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́смішка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cilwen"
    }
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  ],
  "word": "smirk"
}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    {
      "word": "smile-smirk"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German schmieren",
      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "smirking",
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      "glosses": [
        "To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous."
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      "ipa": "/smɜːk/",
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      "ipa": "/smɝk/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
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      "word": "simper"
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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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "word": "ušklíbnout se"
    },
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      "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": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "word": "rideti"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ке́сити се"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kesiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "word": "sonreír con suficiencia"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "posmixátysja",
      "sense": "to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "посміха́тися"
    },
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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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  "word": "smirk"
}

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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:",
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        "smart; spruce; affected; simpering"
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          "spruce",
          "spruce"
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        "(obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/smɜːk/",
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      "ipa": "/smɝk/",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "smerk smirke"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.