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smiling

2 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, smiling means that smiles or has a smile. As a noun, it means the action of the verb to smile.

Meanings of smiling

4 meanings

adjective

  1. That smiles or has a smile.

    “smiling children”

  2. Smiling with happiness or optimism

    “Come to my arms, my beamish boy!”

    “a room of smiling faces”

    “a round red twinkly Santa Claus”

    Similar: beamish, twinkly

noun

  1. The action of the verb to smile.

    “Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.”

  2. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

    Similar: smile, grin, grinning

verb

Present participle of smile

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: smiling with happiness or optimism
beamishtwinkly
noun: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corne…
smilegringrinning

Words that rhyme with smiling

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