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smiled
[smahyl] 
| Main Entry: |
smile
[smahyl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a happy expression |
| Synonyms: | be gracious, beam, express friendliness, express tenderness, grin, laugh, look amused, look delighted, look happy, look pleased, simper, smirk |
| Antonyms: | frown, glower |
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | snigger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneer |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack*, curl one's lip, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down*, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam*, slight, smile*, sneeze at, snicker, sniff at, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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