Usually means: Smiling in a silly, self-conscious way.
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  1. simpering: Merriam-Webster
  2. simpering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. simpering: Vocabulary.com
  4. simpering: Wordnik
  5. simpering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. simpering: Wiktionary
  7. simpering: Dictionary.com
  8. Simpering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. simpering: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Simpering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. simpering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. simpering: FreeDictionary.org
  13. simpering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Affected, smug, and supercilious.
▸ noun:  The act of one who simpers.

Similar:
smirk, unctuous, smarmy, smirky, sycophantic, cavalier, smuggish, affectioned, cute, affected, more...

Opposite:
smirking, sneering, scowling, glowering, grimacing

Types:
coy, flirtatious, smarmy, obsequious, ingratiating, unctuous, overly sweet, affected, more...

Adjectives:
much, insipid, ridiculous, general, pietistic, silly, sycophantic



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Similar:
smirk, unctuous, smarmy, smirky, sycophantic, cavalier, smuggish, affectioned, cute, affected, more...

Opposite:
smirking, sneering, scowling, glowering, grimacing

Types:
coy, flirtatious, smarmy, obsequious, ingratiating, unctuous, overly sweet, affected, more...

Adjectives:
much, insipid, ridiculous, general, pietistic, silly, sycophantic



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