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unsmiling

unsmiling adjective: not smiling; serious or grave.

Adjective

unsmiling (not comparable)

  1. Not smiling; serious or grave
    • his grim unsmiling manner
    Synonyms:
    austere, humorless

Synonyms of unsmiling

Antonyms

Origin of unsmiling

From un- + smiling.

Words formed from unsmiling

Questions about unsmiling

What does unsmiling mean?
Unsmiling means not smiling; serious or grave.
What part of speech is unsmiling?
Unsmiling is an adjective.

Words near unsmiling in the dictionary

  1. unsmelly
  2. unsmelt
  3. unsmeltable
  4. unsmelted
  5. unsmiled
  6. unsmiling
  7. unsmilingly
  8. unsmilingness
  9. unsmirched
  10. unsmirking
  11. unsmitten

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