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smiling

ADJECTIVE

beaming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful genial radiant shining

STRONG

animated grinning sparkling

WEAK

joyful sunny

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dark gloomy sad unhappy

WEAK

frowning sullen ugly

ADJECTIVE

benign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benevolent encouraging favorable

WEAK

auspicious beneficent bright charitable dexter fortunate good lucky merciful propitious salutary

Antonyms

WEAK

bad cancerous disadvantageous harmful hateful hostile hurtful injurious malignant severe unkind

ADJECTIVE

fair

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calm clear favorable

STRONG

clarion dry fine

WEAK

balmy clement mild placid pleasant pretty rainless sunny sunshiny tranquil unclouded undarkened unthreatening

Antonyms

WEAK

cloudy dark inclement rainy stormy

ADJECTIVE

good-humored

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affable amiable cheerful genial good-natured merry

WEAK

buoyant cheery complaisant congenial easy good-tempered lenient mild obliging pleasant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gloomy grave irritable mean sad serious surly unfriendly unhappy

WEAK

ill-humored morose unfunny

ADJECTIVE

sunny

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buoyant cheerful cheery genial lighthearted pleasant

WEAK

beaming blithe chirpy joyful lightsome optimistic sunbeamy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depressed heavy-hearted

WEAK

cloudy gloomy rainy sullen upset

Example Sentences

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When words fell short, visitors to the installation drew pictures: a house surrounded by hearts; a smiling cat; a bowl full of wishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

A friendly dragon is waddling along the sun-drenched centre of Swindon, smiling at passers-by.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Eventually, a selfie from Fred smiling at the game returned her to reality: the call, she realized, was an elaborate scam.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Talarico’s personality is something very different, a smiling appeal to the better angels of the electorate’s nature, and seemingly imperviousness to insults and attacks.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

I could not help smiling, just smiling idiotically at the grandness of it.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

smiling

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