Grin

Noun



 * 1) A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
 * 2) * 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, pages 364:
 * When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.

Verb

 * 1) To smile parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

Adjectives for Grin
tigerish; noble; wooden; homely; amused; cast-iron; broad; triumphant; insolent; sardonic; lewd; specious; jubilant; ingenuous; incredible; mocking; leering; sympathetic; understanding;  unmitigated;   lopsided; sheepish; saucy; fiendish; doubtful; relieved; affable; sly; horrible; courageous; infectious ; whimsical; saturnine.

Verbs for Grin
attempt—; break into—; broaden into— conceal under—; expand in—; force— manage—; master—; muster—; provoke— restrain—; salute with—; smother—; stab with—; wear—; wrinkle into—; —creases; —delights; —embarrasses;  —fades;  — lurks; —recurs; —widens; —wreathes.

Adverbs for Grin
genially; wistfully; bashfully; flatteringly; sheepishly; affably; stupidly; skeptically; amiably;  sympathetically;   complacently; impudently; derisively; ironically; toothlessly; ruefully; fulsomely; tantalizingly; wryly; broadly; engagingly; craftily; lewdly; jubilantly; ingenuously; saturninely.

Thesaurus
beam, bright smile, broad grin, crack a smile, ear-to-ear grin, gleaming smile, glowing smile, grinning, idiotic grin, sardonic grin, simper, smile, smile brightly, smiling, smirk, stupid grin, toothful grin

Etymology
Before 1000 CE - From grinnen: from  grennian: compare to  grennan:

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, virne
 * German:
 * Icelandic: glott
 * Italian:


 * Maori: pakiri
 * Portuguese: sorriso aberto
 * Russian:, ухмылка
 * Serbian: кез
 * Spanish: sonrisa abierta
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 露齒而笑, 露齿而笑
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: virnistää, virnistellä, virnuilla
 * German: grinsen
 * Maori: pakiri


 * Polish: szczerzyć zęby
 * Russian: ухмыляться, ухмыльнуться , усмехаться , усмехнуться
 * Swedish:

Derived terms

 * pickin' and grinnin'


 * shit-eating grin

Anagrams

 * girn
 * NGRI
 * ring, Ring

Noun

 * 1) laugh
 * 2) fun
 * 1) fun