Synonyms for grin
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : grin |
| Phonetic Transcription : grɪn |
Définition of grin
Origin :- Old English grennian "show the teeth" (in pain or anger), common Germanic (cf. Old Norse grenja "to howl," grina "to grin;" Dutch grienen "to whine;" German greinen "to cry"), from PIE root *ghrei- "be open." Sense of "bare the teeth in a broad smile" is late 15c., perhaps via the notion of "forced or unnatural smile." Related: Grinned; grinning.
- verb smile widely
- Then suddenly that face cracked, broadened, spread to a grin.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- With a grin and a swagger of pure bravado Mulready turned and obeyed.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- And the devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- Or is he recognized as colored only in respect to his peculiar wearin' of the grin?
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
- I saw them grin at the little man and spit tobacco juice his way.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- And here he exchanged a grin with Hugh, who removed his eyes from Dolly for the purpose.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- "Ax the missus for soap to wash 'em," said Matthew, with a grin.
- Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
- "Looking for the moving picture machine," he said with a grin.
- Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
- In youth, that smile would have been a grin; but it was no grin now.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- He remained silent, the thin edge of a grin playing about his lips.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
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