"simpering" meaning in English

See simpering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more simpering [comparative], most simpering [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} simpering (comparative more simpering, superlative most simpering)
  1. Affected, smug, and supercilious.
    Sense id: en-simpering-en-adj-uYKCjWW6

Noun

Forms: simperings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} simpering (plural simperings)
  1. The act of one who simpers. Related terms: simperer, simping
    Sense id: en-simpering-en-noun-r0h16EYo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 74 10

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} simpering
  1. present participle and gerund of simper Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: simper
    Sense id: en-simpering-en-verb-up1FkCu1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXI, in The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC, page 214:",
          "text": "Why, look at him—look at this simpering self-righteous mug!",
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          "ref": "1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises:",
          "text": "I know they are supposed to be amusing, and you should be tolerant, but I wanted to swing on one, any one, anything to shatter that superior, simpering composure.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I had high hopes when I moved to Spyglass, but simpering gossip on celebrity parties seems to be the closest I've gotten so far to Dad's vocation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, L. E. Modesitt, Jr, Madness in Solidar, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That sounds almost simpering. I hate sounding simpering, and over a trifling increase of four coppers on a gold, I definitely do not wish to sound simpering.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2015, L. E. Modesitt, Jr, Madness in Solidar, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That sounds almost simpering. I hate sounding simpering, and over a trifling increase of four coppers on a gold, I definitely do not wish to sound simpering.",
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