intransitive verb. To smile in a silly, self-conscious, often coy manner.

intransitive verb. To utter or express with a silly, self-conscious, often coy smile.

noun. A silly, self-conscious, often coy smile.

An obsolete or dialectal variant of simmer.

noun. An affected, conscious smile; a smirk.

To smile in an affected, silly manner; smirk.

To twinkle; glimmer.

Synonyms Simper and Smirk both express smiling; the primary idea of the first is silliness or simplicity; that of the second is affectation or conceit. The simplicity in simpering may be affected; the affectation in smirking may be of softness or of kindness.

noun. A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.

intransitive verb. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.

intransitive verb. To glimmer; to twinkle.

verb. To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, or smug manner.

noun. A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk.

noun. a silly self-conscious smile

verb. smile affectedly or derisively

"In the morning, before I got up, Strap came into my chamber, and, finding me awake, hemmed several times, scratched his head, cast his eyes upon the ground, and, with a very foolish kind of simper upon his face gave me to understand he had something to communicate."

smirk  

grin  grinning  smile  smiling  

Shrimper  shrimper  whimper  

complacence  expresser  monolayer  plaintiveness  reboso  

affected  beam  bridle  bright smile  broad grin  

simpered  simpering  simpers