smiling

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/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To have (a smile) on one's face.“I don't know what he's smiling about.”
To express by smiling.“to smile consent, or a welcome”
To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.“The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.”

noun

The action of the verb to smile.“Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.”

adjective

That smiles or has a smile.“smiling children”

Related words

Synonyms

grinning grin beamish cheerful twinkly riant laughingly laugh laughter laughing jokingly fairy groove grill champ cheese

Antonyms

Associated

frowning wanderer waving buddha smiles smile happily faces proud crying assassin

Rhymes

beguiling stockpiling profiling tiling piling compiling reconciling unsmiling riling wiling

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