- a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
- smile affectedly or derisively
- A smirk refers to a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness. "A constant smirk upon the face, and a whifling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility," the Earl of Chesterfield once wrote in a letter to his son. ...
- An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, offensively self-satisfied or scornful; To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous
- (Smirking) Good-natured, winking.
- Indicates the one writing the message is smirking