| Main Entry: | grin |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | smile widely |
Synonyms: |
beam, crack, simper, smirk |
Antonyms: |
frown, growl |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smile broadly |
Synonyms: |
gleam, glow, grin, laugh, radiate, shine, smirk |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
Antonyms: |
frown, scowl |
| Main Entry: | beaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
Synonyms: |
animated, cheerful, genial, grinning, joyful, radiant, shining, smiling, sparkling, sunny |
Antonyms: |
frowning, sad, sullen, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | laugh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expressing amusement, happiness |
Synonyms: |
break up, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed, crack up, crow, die laughing, fracture, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, split one's sides, titter, whoop, with sound be in stitches |
Antonyms: |
cry |
| Main Entry: | smile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a happy expression |
Synonyms: |
be gracious, beam, express friendliness, express tenderness, grin, laugh, look amused, look delighted, look happy, look pleased, simper, smirk |
Antonyms: |
frown, glower |
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
Synonyms: |
affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
Antonyms: |
compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | simper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smile coyly |
Synonyms: |
beam*, grin, leer, look smug, smirk, sneer |
| Main Entry: | snigger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneer |
Synonyms: |
affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack*, curl one's lip, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down*, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam*, slight, smile*, sneeze at, snicker, sniff at, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |