smirk

Other forms of smirk

plural

smirks·

past tense

smirked·

present participle

smirking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smirk

What does smirk mean?

smirk means "a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smirk?

smirk has 1 syllable: smirk. In IPA it is /ˈsmɝk/.

What is another word for smirk?

Close synonyms include simper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smirk a common word?

smirk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.