Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
beam | a ray of light (verb) to smile |
beblubbered | disfigured from weeping. |
besmile | to smile at. |
blink | to open and shut the eyes. |
chitty | of a face, pinched, baby-like (noun) a chit |
deadpan | expressionless; (verb) to act in a deadpan fashion. |
eliad | (Shakesp.) an ogle, a glance, a wink. |
eyeliad | (Obs.) an ogle, a glance, a wink. |
eyliad | (Obs.) an ogle, a glance, a wink. |
fisnomie | (Shakesp.) physiognomy. |
frown | a contraction of the brow; (verb) to contract the brow in displeasure. |
frowner | one who frowns. |
frowningly | (Adv.) FROWNING. |
gant | (Scots) to yawn. |
gaunt | fleshless (verb) to yawn |
gerne | (Spenser) to grin or gape. |
girn | (Dial.) to grin, make faces. |
girner | one who girns, makes faces. |
gledge | to squint the eyes. |
glike | (Shakesp.) a sneer; a flout. |
glime | to glance slyly. |
glout | (Arch.) to be sulky. |
glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger. |
gloweringly | (Adv.) GLOWERING, looking with sullen annoyance or anger. |
glumpish | glum. |
glumps | (Arch.) the sulks. |
glunch | to frown. |
goggle | to stare with wide eyes. |
goggly | goggling. |
gren | (Spenser) to grin. |
grimace | a distortion of the face, in fun, disgust, etc; (verb) to make a grimace. |
grimacer | one who grimaces. |
grimacingly | (Adv.) GRIMACING. |
grin | a broad smile; (verb) to smile broadly. |
grinner | one who grins. |
grinningly | (Adv.) GRINNING. |
gurn | (Dial.) a grin; (verb) to grin, make faces. |
illiad | (Shakesp.) an ogle, a glance, a wink. |
leer | a sly or sidelong look (verb) to look with a sideways glance |
leeringly | (Adv.) LEERING, looking with a leer. |
lill | (Scots) the fingerhole of a flute; (verb, Spenser) to loll the tongue. |
lour | a scowl or glare (verb) to look sullen or threatening |
louringly | (Adv.) LOURING, threatening. |
moonface | a moonlike face. |
moonfaced | having a round, moonlike face. |
moue | (Fr.) a disdainful or pouting look. |
mow | to cut the grass on. |
mugg | to make funny faces. |
murgeon | (Scots) a grimace; (verb) to grimace. |
nictate | to wink or blink. |
nictation | the act of winking. |
nictitate | to wink or blink. |
nictitation | the act of winking. |
oeillade | (Fr.) an ogle; a glance or wink. |
ogle | to stare at. |
oscitate | to yawn. |
outbeam | to surpass in beaming. |
outblush | to exceed in blushing. |
outfrown | to frown down; to overbear by frowning. |
outglare | to surpass in glaring. |
outgrin | to surpass in grinning. |
outsmile | to surpass in smiling. |
physiognomy | the general appearance of anything, esp the face. |
popeyed | with protuberant eyes. |
pout | a pushing out of the lips (verb) to protrude the lips in ill humor |
pouty | given to pouting. |
risus | (Lat.) a laugh; a grin. |
scowl | to frown angrily. |
scowler | one who scowls. |
scowling | wearing an angry frown. |
scowlingly | (Adv.) SCOWLING. |
simper | to smile in a silly, weak or affected manner. |
simperer | one who simpers. |
simperingly | (Adv.) SIMPERING. |
skellie | (Scots) to squint. |
skelly | cross-eyed (verb) to squint |
smerk | to smirk. |
smicker | (Obs.) to look amorously or wantonly; to smirk. |
smile | the expression of the face when smiling (verb) to upturn the corners of the mouth in pleasure |
smileful | full of smiles. |
smileless | not having a smile. |
smiler | one who smiles. |
smilet | (Shakesp.) a little smile. |
smilingly | (Adv.) SMILING, wearing a smile. |
smirk | a smug smile (verb) to smile in an affected or smug manner |
smirker | one who smirks. |
smirkily | (Adv.) SMIRKY, given to smirking. |
smirking | wearing a smug smile. |
smirkingly | (Adv.) SMIRKING, smiling smugly. |
smirky | given to smirking. |
smoile | (Obs.) to smile. |
smoyle | (Obs.) to smile. |
sneer | an expression of contempt (verb) to curl the lip in contempt |
sneerer | one who sneers. |
squinch | to screw up, contort (one's face, features, etc.). |
squint | a cross-eyed look (adj.) cross-eyed (verb) to look with the eyes partly closed |
squinter | one who squints. |
squintingly | (Adv.) SQUINTING. |
squinty | given to squinting. |
squiny | (Dial.) to squint. |
unsmiling | not smiling. |
unsmilingly | (Adv.) UNSMILING, not smiling. |
visaged | having a visage (usually in combination). |
widechapped | (Shakesp.) open-mouthed. |
wink | to close and open one eye quickly. |
winkingly | (Adv.) WINKING, with eyes shut. |
yawn | a deep inhalation of air (verb) to open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation of air |
yawner | one who yawns. |
yawningly | (Adv.) YAWNING, gaping. |