: showing or suggesting a smug, condescending, or self-satisfied attitude
a smirking reply
… driving around in a tour bus with his own smirking face printed on the side.—
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky… mocked by the smirking boy and his giggling girlfriend.—Will Storr
Will StorrBy flipping his razor-sharp lyrics on himself, Eminem subverts the smirking superiority that plagues mainstream rap, a wily underdog move that lets him get away with more than he could otherwise.—N'Gai Croal
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“Smirking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smirking. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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