smirk - significado y definición. Qué es smirk
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Qué (quién) es smirk - definición

FACIAL EXPRESSION
😏; 😼
  • A man with glasses, subtly smirking

smirk         
(smirks, smirking, smirked)
If you smirk, you smile in an unpleasant way, often because you believe that you have gained an advantage over someone else or know something that they do not know.
Two men looked at me, nudged each other and smirked...
VERB: V
smirk         
¦ verb smile in an irritatingly smug or silly way.
¦ noun a smug or silly smile.
Derivatives
smirker noun
smirkily adverb
smirking adjective
smirkingly adverb
smirky adjective
Origin
OE sme(a)rcian, from a base shared by smile.
smirk         
I. n.
Affected smile, soft look, smickering.
II. v. n.
Smile (affectedly), simper.

Wikipedia

Smirk

A smirk is a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness, falling into the category of what Desmond Morris described as Deformed-compliment Signals.

A smirk may also be an affected, ingratiating smile, as in Mr Bennet's description of Mr Wickham as making smirking love to all his new in-laws in the novel Pride and Prejudice.

Ejemplos de uso de smirk
1. The occasional brave joke was delivered with a smirk.
2. Gone was the slight smirk he flashed when arrested.
3. A sarcastic remark or smirk inevitably gives the game away.
4. Reception, with a smirk, said they didn‘t do room service.
5. Gordon Brown sat beside him, picking at his fingernails, sometimes assuming a strange smirk.