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| Sunsnail |
| Is there a name for the type of smile where the teeth are not shown, and the mouth is closed? |
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| Sunsnail |
| grin isnt right at all. smirk may be what i'm looking for... |
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| inconspicuous |
| smirk is more one-side-of-the-mouthed, & with evil intent |
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| Yan |
| As far as I know, there's no difference between a teeth-shown smile and a closed-mouth smile. |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | | A smirk also refers to a fine piece of dust when it enters the eye. This often leads to an uncomfortable feeling, and results in the sufferer searching in their eye to remove the foreign item. |
Unrelated, but still an AH HA moment |
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| chach |
| lol wtf this all seems so familiar... |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Unrelated, but still an AH HA moment |
Out of context.
A smirk is generally considered to have the traits of arrogance and/or sarcasm. Not a true 'smile' |
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| bangoSkank |
It was the best word i could come up with that wasnt smile.
Id say a smile is what you've described and a grin is when you display teeth |
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| Sunsnail |
| Nah a smile includes the teeth smile |
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