Simper

Definition: Simper

Simper

Verb

1. Smile affectedly or derisively.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "simper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Synonym: Simper

Affectation

Verb: affect, act a part, put on; give oneself airs; (arrogance); boast; coquet; simper, mince, pose; flirt a fan; overact, overdo.

Amusement

Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar.

Rejoicing

Smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin.

Crosswords: Simper

Books

• The Progress of Dulness Part 3: The Adventures of Miss Harriet Simper (Notable American Authors) (reference)

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Gracefully she sat down sideways, With a simper scarcely human, Holding in her hand a bouquet Rather larger than a cabbage

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Albanian

qeshje prej budalla, qesh si budalla. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تكلف الإبتسام (smirk), ‏إبتسم بتكلف, ‏إبتسامة متكلفة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

усмихвам се глуповато, усмихвам се престорено, глуповата усмивка, престорена усмивка. (various references)

Czech

culit se, culení. (various references)

Farsi 

پوزخندزدن (Grin, Smirk, Sneer, Snicker, Titter), سفیهانه خندیدن , خنده زورکی کردن , بیجاخندیدن . (various references)

Finnish

hymyillä (grin, smile, smile all over one's face, smile on, smirk, sneer), hymyhuuli (grin, smile, smile all over one's face, smile on, smirk, sneer). (various references)

French

minauder. (various references)

German

säuseln (murmur, purr, sigh, sighing, susurration, whisper, whispering), lächeln (grin, smile, to simper, to smile), geziert lächeln, albern lächeln, albern (absurd, addled, clownish, fatuous, fatuously, foolish, footling, giggly, inane, inanely, ludicrous, ridiculous, silly, simpering, simperingly, stupid). (various references)

Greek 

μειδιώ ανοητώσ, προσποιημένο μειδίασμα, χαμογελώ χαζά. (various references)

Hebrew 

לחיך חיוך מעוש�" (smirk), חיוך מעוש�" (grin, smirk). (various references)

Hungarian

vigyorgás (grin, smirk, sneer). (various references)

Italian

sorriso affettato (smirk), sciocco (addled, booby, daffy, daft, doltish, featherbrain, fool, foolish, goofy, Gotham, inane, Looby, loon, ludicrous, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, sap, silly, soppy, spoony, stupid), fare smorfia (mouth). (various references)

Manx

lieh-ghearey (simpering). (various references)

Pig Latin

impersay.(various references)

Portuguese

sorriso afetado. (various references)

Romanian

surâs (grin, smile), surâde prosteşte, se hlizi, se fandosi, zâmbi prosteşte, zâmbet (grin, smile), rânji (grin, smirk, snarl, sneer), rânjet (grin, smirk, sneer). (various references)

Russian 

ухмыляться (grin to himself, laugh in one's beard, smirk), сдерживать смех с трудом, закипать (simmer), булькать (guggle, gurgle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

usiljeno se smeškati. (various references)

Spanish

sonrisa boba, sonrisa afectada (smirk), sonreír tontamente, sonreír con afectación, necio (apish, clod, fatuous, featherbrained, fool, foolish, loggerhead, ludicrous, poor, silly, vacuous), decir con una sonrisa boba, decir con una sonrisa afectada. (various references)

Swedish

le tillgjort. (various references)

Thai

พู�"แบบยิ้มเขิน, การยิ้มแห้งๆ, ยิ้มแห้งๆ. (various references)

Turkish

yapmacıklı gülümsemek, yapmacıklı gülümseme, aptalca nazlı gülümseme, aptalca gülümsemek. (various references)

Ukrainian

говорити з безглуздою посмішкою, манірно посміхатися, манірна посмішка, безглузда посмішка. (various references)

Vietnamese 

nụ cười m� u mè, nụ cười điệu (smirk). (various references)

Welsh

cilwenu (leer, smile). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "simper": simpered, simperer, simperers, simpering, simpers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Simper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cimper, kimper, Sampe, semper, semperit, sempre, siempre, simer, simp, sipher, Sonepur, wimper. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: primes, spirem.

-1 letter: emirs, mires, miser, peris, perms, piers, pries, prime, prims, prise, prism, rimes, ripes, speir, sperm, spier, spire.

-2 letters: emir, imps, ires, mire, mirs, mise, peri, perm, pier, pies, prim, reis, rems, reps, rime, rims, ripe, rips, rise, semi, simp, sipe, sire.

-3 letters: ems, ers, imp, ire, ism, mir, mis, per, pes, pie, pis.

+1 letter: empires, emprise, epimers, imposer, impresa, imprese, impress, imprest, limpers, permits, pismire, prelims, premies, premise, premiss, primers, primsie, promise, rimples, semipro, simpers, simpler, spermic, spireme, spirems, spumier, umpires.

+2 letters: comprise, crimpers, crimples, demireps, emperies, empirics, emprises, emprizes, emptiers, epiderms, epigrams, epimeres, glimpser, impalers, impearls, impeders, imperils, implores, imposers, imposter, impowers, impregns, impresas, impreses, imprests, improves, imputers, lempiras, limpsier, meropias, misparse, misprice, misprize, moperies, murphies, nephrism, parecism, pismires, preemies, premiers, premised, premises, premiums, premixes, pretrims, primages, primates, primeros, primines, primmest, primness, primrose, primuses, promines, promised, promisee, promiser, promises, pumicers, rampikes, reimpose, samphire, sapremia, sapremic, scrimped, scrimper, semipros, seraphim, shrimped, shrimper, simpered, simperer, skimpier, spermine, spiremes, stumpier, swampier, vampires, whimpers.