Simper

Word SIMPER
Character 6
Hyphenation sim per
Pronunciations /ˈsɪmpə/

Definitions and meanings of "Simper"

What do we mean by simper?

To smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner. intransitive verb

To utter or express with a silly, self-conscious, often coy smile. intransitive verb

A silly, self-conscious, often coy smile. noun

To smile in an affected, silly manner; smirk.

To twinkle; glimmer.

Synonyms Simper and Smirk both express smiling; the primary idea of the first is silliness or simplicity; that of the second is affectation or conceit. The simplicity in simpering may be affected; the affectation in smirking may be of softness or of kindness.

An affected, conscious smile; a smirk. noun

An obsolete or dialectal variant of simmer.

A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk. noun

To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner. intransitive verb

To glimmer; to twinkle. intransitive verb

To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, or smug manner. verb

A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk. noun

A silly self-conscious smile noun

Smile affectedly or derisively verb

A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Simper

The word "simper" in example sentences

In the morning, before I got up, Strap came into my chamber, and, finding me awake, hemmed several times, scratched his head, cast his eyes upon the ground, and, with a very foolish kind of simper upon his face gave me to understand he had something to communicate. ❋ Unknown (2004)

There is nothing, for the conversation has been as lead, but the smile does not subside; it only passes through the endless variations that succeed each other from the inane grin to the affected simper which is meant to be tender. ❋ Unknown (1881)

So MPs were already primed to simper with excitement (new Tory loyalists) or be unimpressed (Labour plus Lib Dem disloyalists). ❋ Michael White (2010)

To lower their eyes and simper and say ‘Oh, you beast,’ when boys flirt, whether they like it or not. ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)

But I, and most right-thinking people, don't need the enjoyment of our lives intruded on by your constant, hectoring simper. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

On the other, she has a tendency to simper that can be a little grating. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Topher slid up next to us with an apologetic simper. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

This was the point where a nice Indian girl would simper, demur, mumble, and dissemble. ❋ Ramola D (2011)

She wasn't chatty, didn't simper or giggle, wore no make-up. ❋ Ramola D (2011)

Much of her material presents an appealing combination of intimacy and recognizable pathos -- it leaves you wanting to know more, even though the feeling is familiar -- but it doesn't whine or simper. ❋ Dan Alford (2011)

Is this what women are doing when they simper over bad boys – turning the female talent for self-loathing into an everyday hell for the women who actually end up dealing with them? ❋ Unknown (2011)

Still, Pan Am and even the Playboy Club look like feminist manifestos in comparison with the new Charlie's Angels remake, which pulls off the improbable trick of apparently requiring its cast to wear less and simper more than they did the first time round. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Christine O'Donnell and witchcraft, the brain-crushing demagoguery in August about the proposed mosque in Manhattan? it needs someone like Stewart or Colbert to step in and introduce perspective, and to expose what's happening for the nuttiness it is, while Democrats simper in the corner in fear of Fox News. ❋ Michael Tomasky (2010)

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