smirk

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Adj

smart; spruce; affected; simpering

Conceptos

sonrisa afectada

sonreír con suficiencia

sonreír afectadamente

sonreír burlonamente

Sinónimos

simper

grin

😁

smile

😄

sneer

grimace

snicker

snigger

titter

sneer at

broad grin

affected smile

chortle

grin broadly

face

giggle

grinning

😀

leer

Traducciones

grinsen

😁

ricaner

meesmuilen

sırıtış

smorfia

minauder

grijnzen

sogghignare

😏

sourire affecté

blöd grinsen

somriure de menyspreu

rire

😆

χαζό χαμόγελο

ricanerie

Grinsen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/smɜːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: smirken

Heredado de inglés antiguo: smearcian

Cognado con alto alemán medio: smielen

Cognado con alemán: schmieren

In summary

From Middle English smirken, from Old English smearcian (“to smile”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k; compare talk and stalk from, respectively, tell and steal). 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). Doublet of smile.
The specific meaning of a mocking or unpleasant, malicious smile or grin develops in Early Modern English, but until the 18th century, it could still be used to describe a generic smile.