💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Simpering"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| smirknoun | An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful. |
| unctuous | Profusely polite, especially in an insincere and unpleasant manner. |
| smarmy | Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious. |
| smirkynoun | Smirking, or as if smirking |
| sycophantic | Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering. |
| cavaliernoun | A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly: |
| smuggish | Somewhat smug. |
| affectionedverb | (archaic) Feeling a certain affection (for); disposed. |
| cute | Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. |
| affectedverb | Influenced or changed by something. |
| trucklingnoun | Fawning; ingratiation. |
| dough-faced | (US, idiomatic) Cowardly. |
| fawningnoun | Servile flattery. |
| smug | irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied. |
| sycophantical | Alternative form of sycophantic. [Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.] |
| pseudo-sophisticated | Affecting an air of sophistication; pretentious. |
| smalmy | (rare) Alternative spelling of smarmy. [Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.] |
| sneerynoun | (informal) Sneering, supercilious. |
| obsequious | Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile. |
| cheesynoun | (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived. |
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