Synonyms for smiling
smil·ing

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1. smilingnoun

   Antonyms:
   unsmiling

2. smilingadjective

   That which smiles or has a smile.

   smiling children

   Antonyms:
   unsmiling

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1. smiling

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

   Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

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1. smile, smiling, grin, grinningadjective

   a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

   Synonyms:
   smile, grinning, grin

   Antonyms:
   cheerless, depressing, uncheerful

2. beamish, smiling(a), twinklyadjective

   smiling with happiness or optimism

   "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus"

   Antonyms:
   cheerless, depressing, uncheerful

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1. List of paraphrases for "smiling":

   smile, mouse, smiles, grin, grinning

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How to use smiling in a sentence?

1. Miguel de Cervantes:

   It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain and some of our griefs . . . have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.

2. Igo Diarra:

   He's a piece of world heritage. It's not just Bamako, or Mali, or Africa, he was always accessible, always smiling and generous. He told people to always be very honest in their art and not follow what is fashionable, but instead to concentrate on their work and do what they love.

3. Jacqueline Cruz:

   Isaiah was a very happy baby, theres tons of pictures on my sisters Facebook with him smiling. She took a video of him hours before he passed away. He was smiling -- he was in the car seat, she was playing with him. He was smiling away.

4. Marie Reverie:

   It's not just about the art and paying bills, it's about the human connection. It's no longer,' OK, how many hours is this piece going to take, how much time am I going to spend designing this,' it's,' I'm connecting with this human who has gone through this crazy pandemic and somehow we're sitting in this room talking with each other and smiling.'.

5. Mike Pences:

   It's very meaningful for me and my family to be here. So many years after my father's service. To be honest with you, my dad didn't talk about his combat experience much until we were all grown up. It was a lot of tough fighting here, i think, in some way, my Dad just might be smiling from heaven to see the sacrifices that he and other American soldiers and South Korean soldiers made here are now passed on to my generation. That's not changed out our commitment to the secure and prosperity of South Korea.