What does simpering mean?
Simpering means Affected, smug, and supercilious..
Simpering
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Affected, smug, and supercilious..
Definitions by Sense
- Affected, smug, and supercilious.
- present participle and gerund of simper
- The act of one who simpers.
Example Sentences
Why, look at him—look at this simpering self-righteous mug!
I know they are supposed to be amusing, and you should be tolerant, but I wanted to swing on one, any one, anything to shatter that superior, simpering composure.
I had high hopes when I moved to Spyglass, but simpering gossip on celebrity parties seems to be the closest I've gotten so far to Dad's vocation.
That sounds almost simpering. I hate sounding simpering, and over a trifling increase of four coppers on a gold, I definitely do not wish to sound simpering.
Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him[…]
Synonyms for simpering
Antonyms for simpering
Related Words
Word Forms
- more simpering
- most simpering
- simperings
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Why, look at him—look at this simpering self-righteous mug!
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