Meaning & use
smiling
Having or showing a facial expression of pleasure, friendliness, or amusement, with the corners of the mouth turned up.
See it in a sentence
Her smiling face greeted every customer who walked through the door.
The smiling children posed happily for the annual family photo outside.
A note on using this word
"Smiling" functions as both the present participle of "smile" and a descriptive adjective, as in "a smiling face."
Words with a similar meaning
cheerfulbeaming
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
frowningscowling
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