Definition of "smirk" [smirk]

• To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner. (verb-intransitive)
• An affected, often offensively self-satisfied smile. (noun)

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• "BTW Sam ... a 'smirk' is certainly in the eye of the beholder ... you obviously have a jaundiced eye!"
• "I just can never, ever take this Dreamworks stuff seriously as long as that smirk is front and center, in my face."
• "His congenital smirk is best described as the sort of grin that, if named, would guarantee this comment a term in Moderator Purgatory."