Definitions for smile

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smile smile

Spelling: [smahyl]

IPA: /smaɪl/

Smile is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in smile (eilms).

Definitions for smile

noun

1. the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
2. favor or kindly regard:
3. a pleasant or agreeable appearance, look, or aspect.

Verb phrases

1. smile at, to regard with pleasure or amusement, as with a smile. to regard with mild derision:

verb (used with object)

1. to assume or give (a smile, especially of a given kind):
2. to express by a smile:
3. to bring, put, drive, etc., by or as by smiling:

verb (used without object)

1. to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
2. to regard with favor:
3. to have a pleasant or agreeable appearance or aspect, as natural scenes, objects, etc.:

Origin of smile

1250-1300; Middle English smyllen (v.); cognate with Old High German smīlan, Danish smile

Examples for smile

“Fair and softly,” said the printer with something of a smile.

Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.

Two years ago, a Party apparatchik surveyed the site of a fatal traffic accident… with a smile on his face.

When he came, Paralus looked upon him with a smile of recognition, and said, "My father!"

Of course he's suffering, my dear—but look at the smile on him!

At this point Marvin gives his Liberty Valance smile, the kind that makes you wish you could disintegrate in front of him.

But Viviette regarded him with a smile--the smile of woman's superior wisdom.

With a nod and a smile, Aspasia said, "Continue the music, I pray you."

“A few words and we fell in love,” she says, the smile of her teenage years returning to her face.

For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.