smiling
/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/
smiling adjective: that smiles or has a smile. Also the present participle and gerund of smile.
Adjective
smiling (comparative more smiling, superlative most smiling)
- That smiles or has a smile.
- smiling children
- Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Noun
smiling (countable and uncountable, plural smilings)
- The action of the verb to smile.
- Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.
- We […] shall ascend to our Father's home of holiness, to enjoy perpetually the smilings of his face […]1837, Harriet Catharine Grew, Memorials of a Young Christian
Also used as
smiling is also the present participle and gerund of smile.
smiling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
smiling in Hindi
- मुस्कुराते हुए, मुस्कुरा रहे हैं, मुस्कुरा रही है
smiling in Tamil
- புன்னகைக்கிறது
smiling in Urdu
- مسکراتے ہوئے
smiling in Telugu
- that smiles or has a smile
- హసితము hasitamu
More languagesFewer languages
- smiling in Kannada
- ನಗುತ್ತಾ
- smiling in Punjabi
- ਮੁਸਕਰਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਮੁਸਕਰਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ
- smiling in Gujarati
- હસતાં હસતાં
- smiling in Odia
- ହସୁଛି
- smiling in Nepali
- मुस्कुराउँदै
- smiling in Persian
- خندان xandân
Antonyms of smiling
Forms of smiling
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more smiling |
| superlative | most smiling |
| Noun | |
| plural | smilings |
Words formed from smiling
Phrases with smiling
Words that rhyme with smiling
Questions about smiling
- What does smiling mean?
- Smiling means that smiles or has a smile.
- What is smiling in Hindi?
- Smiling in Hindi is मुस्कुराते हुए, मुस्कुरा रहे हैं, मुस्कुरा रही है. See Smiling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is smiling?
- Smiling can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce smiling?
- Smiling is pronounced /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/.
Words near smiling in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: smiling (page history and authors); smiling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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