Smirk vs Brutal - What's the difference?
smirk | brutal |
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.
A forced or affected smile; a simper.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering
* Spenser
(senseid)Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel
Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
Harsh; unrelenting
Disagreeably precise or penetrating
(music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
As adjectives the difference between smirk and brutal
is that smirk is (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering while brutal is (senseid)savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.As a noun smirk
is an uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.As a verb smirk
is to smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.smirk
English
(wikipedia smirk)Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.
Derived terms
* smirker * smirkily * smirkingly * smirkySynonyms
* simper * shit-eating grin (vulgar)Adjective
(en adjective)- So smirk , so smooth.