Smug vs Smirk - What's the difference?
smug | smirk |
Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
* De Quincey
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) To make smug, or spruce.
* Dryton
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.
A forced or affected smile; a simper.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering
* Spenser
In obsolete terms the difference between smug and smirk
is that smug is studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim while smirk is smart; spruce; affected; simpering.As adjectives the difference between smug and smirk
is that smug is irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied while smirk is smart; spruce; affected; simpering.As verbs the difference between smug and smirk
is that smug is to make smug, or spruce while smirk is to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.As a noun smirk is
an uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.smug
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Adjective
(smugger)- Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
- They be so smug and smooth.
- the smug and scanty draperies of his style
- A young, smug , handsome holiness has no fellow.
Synonyms
* self-satisfied * complacentDerived terms
* smugly * smugnessVerb
(smugg)- Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
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(wikipedia smirk)Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.
Derived terms
* smirker * smirkily * smirkingly * smirkySynonyms
* simper * shit-eating grin (vulgar)Adjective
(en adjective)- So smirk , so smooth.