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How to pronounce smirk in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms simper
Type of smile
Has types fleer
Derivation smirker
Type Words
Type of grin, grinning, smile, smiling

Examples of smirk

smirk
These sites give you a chance to cheer or smirk at what the big names are doing.
From the forbes.com
On some level, surely the agony of irony evokes at least a smirk of recognition.
From the kansas.com
So dropped the biased smirk and realize he better than any player on your squad.
From the thestate.com
Yes, it has Willis back as John McClane, his scars temporary, his smirk less so.
From the nzherald.co.nz
For all its very explicit coupling, nothing in Platform is written with a smirk.
From the time.com
If you look at the pictures from the left, that smirk looks like a heavenly halo.
From the kansas.com
There's that world-class droopy mustache that makes him seem in a constant smirk.
From the sacbee.com
Serve with a smirk and your best impression of the piquant wit of Roger Sterling.
From the couriermail.com.au
Hostesses smirk, but they know what I'm talking about and usually accommodate us.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
More examples
  • A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
  • Smile affectedly or derisively
  • A smirk refers to a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness. "A constant smirk upon the face, and a whifling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility," the Earl of Chesterfield once wrote in a letter to his son. ...
  • An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful; To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous
  • (Smirking) Good-natured, winking.
  • Indicates the one writing the message is smirking