simpering

Speech parts

1. simpering - Noun

2. simpering - Adjective

3. simpering - Verb

Meaning

of Simper

a. &. n. from Simper, v.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

smirk mincing overnice puffery namby-pamby quakerish smirking coxcomical

Antonyms

down-to-earth controlled cold DRY flat distant
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Anagrams

emprising premising

Examples

I admire hard-bitten, wisecracking realism of Ida Lupino and the film noir heroines. I'm sick of simpering white girls with their princess fantasies. Camille Paglia

I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it. Roger Ebert

When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio? Julie Burchill

Close letter words and terms

simper simper out simperer simperingly simphony simpish