grin
Ear-to-ear expression
A grin is a broad smile that typically shows the teeth, often expressing amusement, satisfaction, or mischief.
Unlike a polite smile, a grin tends to be wider and less restrained: She couldn't suppress a grin when she heard the news.
To grin is to produce such an expression.
If you grin and bear it, you accept an unpleasant situation without complaining.
A grin can also suggest something slightly sinister or knowing, as in a Cheshire cat grin.
Pleased facial expression
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- chuckleLow, suppressed laugh
- giggleSoft, silly vocalization
- smirkPleased, superior smile
beam · humor · funny · comedy · joke · delight · mirth · merriment
Having prominent teeth
- wideOf great breadth
- broadWide in span
- ear-to-earStretching across one's face
- sheepishEmbarrassed and timid
lopsided · crooked · wolfish · rictus · grimace · flash · teeth · cheesy
Meaning opposite to words
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- wryDryly mocking in tone
- snideDerisively insinuating
- smirkPleased, superior smile
cynical · mocking · satirical · dry · caustic · biting · acerbic · tongue-in-cheek
Scornful expression
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disdainScornful disregard
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
condescension · haughty · supercilious · smirk · sardonic · belittling · superior · dismissive
Playfully mischievous in manner
- slyCleverly deceptive
- roguishMischievously charming
- cheekyPlayfully disrespectful
- devilishWicked or impish
wily · cunning · puckish · scheming · naughty · trickster · prankster · pixie
Excessively self-satisfied
- self-satisfiedSmugly pleased with oneself
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
cocky · swagger · pride · winner · victorious · knowing · pleased · self-assured
smile
Pleased facial expression
smirk · beam · humor · funny · comedy · joke · delight · mirth · merriment · glee
toothy
Having prominent teeth
- wideOf great breadth
- broadWide in span
- ear-to-earStretching across one's face
sheepish · lopsided · crooked · wolfish · rictus · grimace · flash · teeth · cheesy · dopey
irony
Meaning opposite to words
smirk · cynical · mocking · satirical · dry · caustic · biting · acerbic · tongue-in-cheek · snarky
sneer
Scornful expression
mockery · condescension · haughty · supercilious · smirk · sardonic · belittling · superior · dismissive · patronizing
impish
Playfully mischievous in manner
devilish · wily · cunning · puckish · scheming · naughty · trickster · prankster · pixie · knavish
smug
Excessively self-satisfied
- self-satisfiedSmugly pleased with oneself
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
assured · cocky · swagger · pride · winner · victorious · knowing · pleased · self-assured · poise
- grin and bear itEndure hardship without complaint
- toothy grinSmile exposing many teeth
- shit-eating grinAnnoyingly smug expression
- wicked grin
- goofy grin
- grinning and bearing itEnduring discomfort with feigned cheerfulness