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grinning (root: grin)
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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
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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