simper
verb (used without object)
to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
is simpering
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present progressiveof simper (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You'll have no trouble in ousting that shallow-pated puppy Jack, and I think I can put the pass on Mr. privy-counsellor there, although he is simpering so prettily.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
"The lady on the left is simpering; and, oh! here is a tiger rug," stumbling over a head on the ground.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Harold Piffard
