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 same moral tact might apply, in less histrionic matters, to the ordinary deceptions and silences by which social life is made bearable.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of histrionic

Verb

Camp’s turn here as a kooky neighbor who stumbles into an unexpected romance is exactly the kind of role that gets a room talking (and laughing).

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
The South wasn't in a laughing mood after the Civil War, so silent film star and comedian Buster Keaton went west.

— Brian Bull, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of laughing

Adjective

However in more melodramatic fashion than the film’s title suggests, that past comes back to haunt him in the form of a young man named Miguel Vasque, son of Jorrison’s father’s gardener Carlos (Santiago Cabrera).

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Video games are one of the world’s most dominant storytelling mediums, yet the writing is often dismissed — not always unfairly — as melodramatic, overly serious and occasionally very stupid.

— Gene Park, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of melodramatic

Verb

As Kimbrel was, well, collecting himself, some of the Royals’ players were spotted grinning.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Framed photos of the late NHL star, grinning alongside their now-3-year-old daughter, Noa, and son Johnny, 2, circle their living room couch and sit on their kitchen island.

— Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of grinning

Adjective

Style this maxi skirt with a dressy blouse, tights, and tall boots for a cute date night ensemble, or dress it down with a sweater and sneakers for more low-key days.

— Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Everyone was amazed that, yes, this teeny tiny thing was actually a functioning camera that could take relatively good pictures, and not just a cute, decorative keychain.

— Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cute

Verb

As Gansey greeted them, shaking hands, taking photos and smiling endlessly, one stepped forward with a question that encapsulated everything.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Where the Europeans see a battle to be won, and even the other Sherpa see a terrifying sacred force, Tenzing sees a heavenly mother — smiling down on him since childhood, bearing witness to his heartbreaks in adulthood, calling him now to come home.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of smiling

Adjective

This is not the cutesy, singsong world of Disney, but a deafening chorus of demands and unsettling declarations.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
What isn't yet clear is how the A3 will fare in comparison to something like Weave Robotics' Isaac 1, which has a more cutesy appearance and is being designed to fold clothes and make beds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of cutesy

Adjective

Andrew Tate, however, testified last week that much of the image was exaggerated entertainment and marketing.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Designers have been adding some edge and modernity to the style by designing pumps with an exaggerated pointed toe and lower-cut vamps that reveal more of the foot.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggerated

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