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simper

verb as in smile coyly

Weak match

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His smile was simpering but seemed to hide a sneer.

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“Flooffee-Fyr! Who could’ve imagined that simpering lackey would have the guts to betray me? I respect him now, yes! But he shall taste my REVENGE!”

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I suppose we simpered, but he only had eyes for Beatrice.

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Asturias fills the novel with beggars, the idle rich, simpering aristocrats and political sycophants.

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Geoffrey’s simpering, emotional stuntedness may make it difficult for, say, the village’s priest or barkeep to see much of themselves in him.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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