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- Dictionarygrinning/ˈɡriniNG/
adjective
- 1. smiling broadly: "she looked at Mick's grinning face"
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Grinning is an adjective that means having a wide smile, or a verb that means smiling. Learn how to use grinning in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and the Hansard archive.
The meaning of GRIN is to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth especially in amusement or laughter; broadly : smile. How to use grin in a sentence.
Grinning is an adjective that means having a wide smile, or a verb that means smiling. Learn how to use it in sentences and how to pronounce it with the Cambridge Dictionary.
verb [ I ] uk / ɡrɪn / us / ɡrɪn / -nn- C2. to smile a wide smile: grin at He grinned at me from the doorway. What are you grinning about? More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. grin and bear it. (Definition of grin from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Grinning is a facial expression that shows pleasure or amusement by turning up the corners of the mouth. The Free Dictionary provides the origin, pronunciation, and translation of grinning, as well as related words and examples.
to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like. Synonyms: crack a smile, smirk, smile, beam. Antonyms: glare, frown. to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth, as a snarling dog or a person in pain. to show or be exposed through an opening, crevice, etc.
Definitions of grinning. noun. a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. synonyms: grin, smile, smiling.
