grin

Meaning

Noun

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
2. (transitive) To express by grinning.
3. (dated, intransitive) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
4. (transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

Synonyms

smile

😄

show the teeth

smirk

😏

laugh

😆

grimace

sneer

smiling

beam

giggle

grinning

😀

bare the teeth

smilingly

jeer

snarl

fleer

snicker

snigger

make faces

smile sweetly

mump

bared teeth

chuckle

express joy

simper

Translations

sourire

😄

ghignare

somriure

😄

grinsen

😁

sorriso

😄

sonrisa

😄

Grinsen

sonreír

😄

ghigno

sorrir

😄

Lächeln

😄

smorfia

rictus

sorridere

😄

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹɪn/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: grennan

Cognate with Danish: grine

In summary

From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)