SIMPERING Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of simpering

as in histrionic

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verb

present participle of simper

as in laughing

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Recent Examples of simpering

Adjective

Whether this is also the outcome for Hozier’s simpering reprobate is up for the listener to decide. — Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 29 May 2024 The Crown has become too simpering, and has suffered for that reverence. — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2023

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Adjective

The seven-minute epic features a call and response between Tyler's murky lower register and Rory Dodd's clear falsetto, with Steinman's wall-of-sound production climbing to a histrionic chorus.

— Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 9 July 2026
Jane Austen and Charles Dickens were both masters of comedy, but the contrast between her ironic understatement and his histrionic exaggeration reflects profoundly different personalities and life experiences, in which class and gender played an important part.

— Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of histrionic

Adjective

Perhaps Olyphant stands out so much because his character is transparently one thing, whereas similarly exciting talents like Sevigny, Hall, and Carden have to sell rounder arcs laden with melodramatic traps.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
The single’s success was enhanced by the popularity of its melodramatic music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 July 2026

Definition of melodramatic

Verb

Prince William had a rare casual moment while go-karting in July 1988 at Buckmore Park Playscape, captured in a portrait of him grinning while holding his helmet.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026
In the winning clubhouse Sunday afternoon, White Sox prospect Caleb Bonemer couldn’t stop grinning.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026

Definition of grinning

Verb

In videos shared by fans to social media, the father-daughter duo could be seen smiling and jumping around the stage together as Scott performed.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Instead, her dad looks under the table and sees a jumble of limbs with Chastain’s smiling face poking out at him.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026

Definition of smiling

Adjective

The condition could have been a death sentence for a young raccoon, but somehow, Jimothy has managed to thrive, his deformity imbuing him with the cutesy, cartoonish proportions of a Pokémon, or perhaps a Squishmallow.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Move over, Starbucks; another brand is dropping a cutesy glass tumbler this summer.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of cutesy

Adjective

Joseph’s team’s collection has a lot of interesting separates, including a cropped leather jacket from Naheim with exaggerated shoulders.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Parental alienation is a dynamic that occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation by the other parent, such as by conveying of exaggerated or false information, as Psychology Today explains.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

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