as in smile
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as in smiling
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as in laughing
to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward
grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool
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Recent Examples of grin
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Davis rolled his shorts leg down again and grinned.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
His eyes strayed to the gallery and suddenly a whimsical grin creased his face.
—Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Zion, who moments before was ducking into the water, bullets whistling by, now grinning ear to ear.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Davis rolled his shorts leg down again and grinned.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
Others, however, rushed to the actor’s defense, pointing out that perhaps Leslie didn’t care—as evidenced by her ear-to-ear grin.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
His eyes strayed to the gallery and suddenly a whimsical grin creased his face.
—Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grin
Noun
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His eyes dart to her as his thick mustache creeps up to reveal a half smile.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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In Japan, for example, a smile is more frequently used to disguise negative emotions than in other parts of the world.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harrison Ford forged an archetype: the skeptical rogue, a smirk king, He Who Shot First.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Little things, like the close-ups of Moss’s face with her little smirk, used so frequently as to lose all meaning, began to irritate me.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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