- beamish, smiling, twinkly - smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus"
Antonyms: cheerless, uncheerful (indirect, via cheerful)
- smile, smiling, grin, grinning - a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
--1 is a kind of facial expression, facial gesture
--1 has particulars: smirkDerived form: verb smile1
- smile - change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
--1 is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun smile1, noun smiler2, noun smiler1, noun smiling1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- smile - express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"
--2 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun smile1, noun smiler1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody