smirker

Self-satisfied smiler

A smirker is someone who smirks—wears a self-satisfied, often irritating smile that suggests smugness or knowing amusement.

The word carries a negative charge; you call someone a smirker when their expression annoys you: That smirker thinks he knows something we don't.

mockery

scoffer

One who mocks

derider · ridiculer · cynic · sarcastic · jeerer · heckler · belittler · scorner · disparager · satirist

smugness

gloater

One who revels smugly

superior · condescending · know-it-all · snob · haughty · supercilious · egotist · braggart · showoff · preening

knowing

conspirator

One planning in secret

winking · insinuating · suggestive · flirtatious · coy · sly · cunning · mischievous · plotting · conniving

villainous

antagonist

One who opposes another

  • rivalOne who competes against
  • nemesisPersistent source of ruin
  • bullyHabitual intimidator

manipulator · mastermind · evildoer · backstabber · saboteur · schemer · sneak · deceiver · trickster · Machiavellian

Opposites
facial expression sincerity

smirkerbeamer

BMW in slang

weeper · frowner · poker face · stone face · crier

emotional disposition

smirkerinnocent

Free from moral wrong

naif · straight shooter · simpleton · ingenue

social manner

smirkeropen book

One easily understood

straight talker · genuine article · salt of the earth · fawner · sycophant

Family

smirk, smirks, smirking, smirked, smirky, smirkers

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