forced smile
Insincere facial expression
A forced smile is a smile produced deliberately rather than spontaneously—one that doesn't reflect genuine happiness or amusement.
The phrase suggests effort or falseness: She managed a forced smile for the camera.
People force smiles out of politeness, to hide discomfort, or to mask true feelings.
The expression is visible in the eyes, which don't participate the way they do in authentic smiles.
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
- strainedUnder uncomfortable tension
- maskFace-worn concealment
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
teeth · lips · uncomfortable · pretend · insincere · grin · phony · social · courtesy · putting on a brave face · tight-lipped · cheeks · hollow · wooden · false · nervous · posed · camera
- awkward body languagelimp handshake, nervous laugh
- facial expressionsgrin, grinning, frown, frowning, wink
- smilesgrin, beam, smirk, simper, toothy grin
- Social Pretensepretense, facade, affectation, phoniness, insincerity
- emotional maskingmasking, suppression, repression, hiding, bottling up
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, nodding
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