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Recent Examples of simper
Christopher Barnard,
Vogue,
17 Sep. 2025
Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken.
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Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Sep. 2025
Brewer, particularly, redefines the bullying aristocrat, played in the movie as a simpering sadist, but a more robust, complicated man onstage.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
Franco is simpering when he wasn’t distracted, and while Hathaway brings a bit of spirit, most of her lines are only half-funny.
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Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Didn’t want to be a part of that simpering sorority, a keeper of that shameful secret (for so it was considered at the time), that failure.
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Alice McDermott,
Harper's Magazine,
11 Sep. 2023
And Grant has made something of a second career out of playing charmingly louche rogues of late, smiling and simpering to perfection as the greedy backstabbing Forge.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
31 Mar. 2023
Verb
Corden’s Yvan, initially a simpering third wheel, becomes the play’s buoyant center as the evening progresses.
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Christopher Barnard,
Vogue,
17 Sep. 2025
Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken.
—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Sep. 2025
Brewer, particularly, redefines the bullying aristocrat, played in the movie as a simpering sadist, but a more robust, complicated man onstage.
—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
Franco is simpering when he wasn’t distracted, and while Hathaway brings a bit of spirit, most of her lines are only half-funny.
—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Didn’t want to be a part of that simpering sorority, a keeper of that shameful secret (for so it was considered at the time), that failure.
—
Alice McDermott,
Harper's Magazine,
11 Sep. 2023
And Grant has made something of a second career out of playing charmingly louche rogues of late, smiling and simpering to perfection as the greedy backstabbing Forge.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
31 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simper
Noun
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Mickey Guyton flashes a smile at the SiriusXM Studios on June 29 in New York City.
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Asked Monday what the best part about being back has been so far, a big smile crept across Watkins’ face.
Verb
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Swift shared a glimpse of the fun on Instagram by posting some Polaroids of them laughing, hugging and enjoying red, white and blue Popsicles.
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England would be a laughing stock (and already home) without him.
Noun
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The pirate king of the Eastern Alps was still out there, killing it with his vulpine grin.
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Pochettino said with a bemused grin.
Noun
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There was a point in Patrick Paul’s ascension last season where his smirk, his hearty chuckles irritated, if not frustrated his opponents to the point of anger.
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Michelle replied with a smirk and a nudge.
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“Simper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simper. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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