SMIRK


Meaning of SMIRK in English

■ verb smile in an irritatingly smug or silly way.

■ noun a smug or silly smile.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ily adverb

~ing adjective

~ingly adverb

~y adjective

Origin

OE sme(a)rcian , from a base shared by smile .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.