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   smirk

   /sməːk/

   verb

   • 1. smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way: "he smirked in triumph"

   noun

   • 1. a smug, conceited, or silly smile: "Gloria pursed her mouth in a self-satisfied smirk"

   Word Origin Old Englishsme(a)rcian, from a base shared by smile. The early sense was ‘to smile’; it later gained a notion of smugness or silliness.

   Derivatives

   • 1. smirker noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • S

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • K

     5

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