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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

smiling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. That smiles or has a smile.
    • smiling children
    • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

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most smiling Degree=Sup lexicographic
more smiling Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unsmiling

Deriveds

smilingly · nonsmiling · smiling assassin · smilingness

Translations (20)

te హసితము (that smiles or has a smile) · gl cacarelo (that smiles or has a smile) · el χαμογελαστός (that smiles or has a smile) · lv smaidošs (that smiles or has a smile) · gl risoño (that smiles or has a smile) · tr güleç (that smiles or has a smile) · pt sorridente (that smiles or has a smile) · es sonriente (that smiles or has a smile) · lv smaidīgs (that smiles or has a smile) · pl uśmiechnięty (that smiles or has a smile) · fr souriant (that smiles or has a smile) · hu mosolygó (that smiles or has a smile) · fa خندان (that smiles or has a smile) · ca somrient (that smiles or has a smile) · bg усмихнат (that smiles or has a smile) · gl riseiro (that smiles or has a smile) · tr mütebessim (that smiles or has a smile) · es carialegre (that smiles or has a smile) · pt risonho (that smiles or has a smile) · de lächelnd (that smiles or has a smile)

smiling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to smile.
    • We […] shall ascend to our Father's home of holiness, to enjoy perpetually the smilings of his face […] 1837, Harriet Catharine Grew, Memorials of a Young Christian:
    • Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.

Forms

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smilings Number=Plur lexicographic

smiling en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of smile
    form of smile
    • They were smiling at the children.