grinning (root: grin)

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Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun grinning has 1 sense

grinning(n = noun.communication) grin, smile, smiling - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement; Array

is a kind of facial expression, facial gesture

has particulars: simper, smirk

Derived form verb grin₁

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THESAURUS

grinning

banter, bantering, beam, booing, bright smile, broad grin, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, ear-to-ear grin, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grin, hissing, hooting, idiotic grin, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, sardonic grin, scoffing, simper, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smile, smiling, smirk, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, stupid grin, taunting, teasing, toothful grin, twitting

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