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present participle of smile.

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beaming adj.
benign adj.
fair adj.
good-humored adj.
sunny adj.

ADJECTIVE

beaming

Synonyms

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cheerful genial radiant shining

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animated grinning sparkling

WEAK

joyful sunny

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dark gloomy sad unhappy

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frowning sullen ugly

ADJECTIVE

benign

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benevolent encouraging favorable

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auspicious beneficent bright charitable dexter fortunate good lucky merciful propitious salutary

Antonyms

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bad cancerous disadvantageous harmful hateful hostile hurtful injurious malignant severe unkind

ADJECTIVE

fair

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calm clear favorable

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clarion dry fine

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

Antonyms

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cloudy dark inclement rainy stormy

ADJECTIVE

good-humored

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affable amiable cheerful genial good-natured merry

WEAK

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

Antonyms

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gloomy grave irritable mean sad serious surly unfriendly unhappy

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ill-humored morose unfunny

ADJECTIVE

sunny

Synonyms

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buoyant cheerful cheery genial lighthearted pleasant

WEAK

beaming blithe chirpy joyful lightsome optimistic sunbeamy

Antonyms

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depressed heavy-hearted

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cloudy gloomy rainy sullen upset

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smiling

"It's really about enjoying County Clare, enjoying the festival, and, if you meet someone, you do - and that's what happened with us," says Timby, smiling at her partner, Jason Mangan, sitting beside her.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"The word 'peace' is considered offensive, dangerous," Zenkina told AFP, smiling.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Canada is more Europe-minded than most Europeans!" is a smiling retort you often hear in Brussels at the moment.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

There are scarcely any photos of him smiling or laughing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

I can’t help smiling to myself at the truth of her words.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

smiling

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