smirk
Self-satisfied expression
A smirk is a smile that suggests self-satisfaction, smugness, or knowing amusement—often at someone else's expense.
Unlike a genuine smile, a smirk carries an edge of superiority or private pleasure: She couldn't hide her smirk when he failed.
To smirk is to wear such an expression: He smirked at the suggestion that he might lose.
Scornful expression
- disdainScornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
condescension · disrespect · ridicule · sarcasm · insolence · disparagement · cynicism · scoff
Stifled, scornful laugh
- chuckleLow, suppressed laugh
- grinBroad, toothy smile
- teaseMock playfully
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
wit · mischief · playfulness · impishness · knowing look · wink · slyness · coyness
Excessive pride in oneself
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
superiority · arrogance · conceit · pride · glee · schadenfreude · preening · boastfulness
sneer
Scornful expression
mockery · condescension · disrespect · ridicule · sarcasm · insolence · disparagement · cynicism · scoff · taunt
snicker
Stifled, scornful laugh
irony · wit · mischief · playfulness · impishness · knowing look · wink · slyness · coyness · innuendo
smugness
Excessive pride in oneself
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
triumph · superiority · arrogance · conceit · pride · glee · schadenfreude · preening · boastfulness · haughtiness
grin
Broad, toothy smile
scowl · frown · glare · half-smile · lip curl · side-eye · raised eyebrow · twitch · leer · crooked smile
- reactionsreaction, response, gasp, wince, flinch
- smilesgrin, beam, simper, warm smile, toothy grin
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
- lip expressionspout, pucker, pursed lips, smile, frown
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- Emojissmile, smiley face, grin, heart emoji, grinning
smirkgenuine smile
Authentic expression of happiness
warm smile · beaming smile · grin · beam