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simper
/ ˈsɪmpə /
verb
- intr to smile coyly, affectedly, or in a silly self-conscious way
- tr to utter (something) in a simpering manner
noun
- a simpering smile; smirk
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Derived Forms
- ˈsimperingly, adverb
- ˈsimpering, adjectivenoun
- ˈsimperer, noun
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Other Words From
- simper·er noun
- simper·ing·ly adverb
- un·simper·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simper1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simper1
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Example Sentences
"My, they must be in a hurry to see us," said Grace, with a simper that sent the girls off into gales of laughter.
Of course her smile was a make-believe, nothing more nor less than a simper.
How fain she would have drawn on Sophocles To come aboard, and how she simper'd it—Ped.
Could design lodge in that empty-looking head with its crisp curls, button nose, and diminishing simper?
Mammy Susan held that: "Seasonin' is the maindest thing in cookin', that an' 'lowin' victuals to simper and not bile too hard."
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