Synonyms of grinning

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adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• laughing
• beaming
• joyous
• delighted
• joyful
• gleeful
• satisfied
• jovial
• glad
• blissful
• merry
• happy
• pleased
• mirthful
• gratified
• jolly
• tickled
• unconcerned
• carefree
• boon
• careless
• lighthearted
• cavalier
• insouciant
• easygoing
• perky
• jocund
• jaunty
• chirpy
• optimistic
• lively
• sprightly
• vivacious
• animated
• lilting
• hopeful
• rosy
• sanguine
• happy-go-lucky
• cheerful
• cheery
• devil-may-care
• buoyant
• upbeat
• chipper
• blithe
• sunny
• sprightful
• gay
• blithesome
• winsome
• gladsome
• bright
• canty
• eupeptic
• lightsome

Dissimilar Words

• sullen
• sulky
• glum
• gloomy
• morose
• dour
• saturnine
• sad
• unhappy
• unsatisfied
• joyless
• listless
• dull
• sluggish
• lethargic
• blue
• crestfallen
• downcast
• forlorn
• torpid
• disconsolate
• mirthless
• dejected
• down
• depressed
• despondent
• sorrowful
• melancholy
• hangdog
• inconsolable
• low
• droopy
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted

grinning

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verb

present participle of grin

as in laughing

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward

grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiling
• laughing
• beaming
• smirking
• sneering
• simpering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grimacing
• frowning
• scowling
• glaring
• glowering
• lowering
• pouting
• sulking
• glooming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grinning

Verb

Both Ruto, behind the wheel, and Chivayo are seen laughing, with Chivayo's wife grinning from the back seat. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

And then Chambliss drew the Tigers offsides not once but twice, the quarterback grinning a Cheshire grin after the second, as if LSU had fallen into his trap. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Simon suggested that the grinning idiot and horse face were laughing prior to the reading of the names of the deceased at the 9/11 memorial service. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

The grinning Colbert was positively buoyant arriving to the empty engraving counter with his already-dancing wife, Evelyn McGee Colbert. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

For now, the green sage is merely a bronze statue on the lawn, posed to ignore the grinning Grogu behind him. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

As Kimbrel was, well, collecting himself, some of the Royals’ players were spotted grinning. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Then the employee got into the hatchback and drove away, leaving the customer grinning at the gleaming SUV—all before Jon’s light turned green. — Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026

The baby swimming in a pool from Nirvana, perhaps, or the dude from Aphex Twin grinning like a crazy-eyed demon. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026