smile
verb (used without object)
to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
smileless
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a word derived from
smile.
Example Sentences
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"While there are some spectacular fight sequences with a large - but totally bloodless - death toll, there is a distinct lack of humour in this version, making it both songless and smileless," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2020
Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall—all dance together to the music that he make with that smileless mouth of him.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
I mean, I could see that’s where she’d come from, that “Last Resort” girl with her dead eyes and her pale face and her smileless lips.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Faint and fear-filled, he seemed to feel Maclin after him; Mary-Clare confronting him, smileless, terrifying.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
Lucia Brade, who has carried her preference for Eugene so openly, must be secretly brokenhearted, she thinks, and she looks for heavy eyes and a smileless face.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
