(A smirk may be arrogant, derisive, or innocently playful.)
"When the investigators asked him about the crime, the suspect gave a smirk in reply."
"I swore that I would win and wipe that arrogant smirk off his face."
"Seeing an impish smirk on her son's face, Mrs. Smith suspected he was up to mischief again."
Wipe that smirk off your face! Please don't smirk at me.
smirk
Smiling, beaming
Yes. It is somewhat in between a smile and a grin.
To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
Josh had a smirk on his face when he got a B+ on his test.
"Johnny had a mischievous smirk upon his face after having read his sister's diary."
Wipe that smirk off your face! Please don't smirk at me.
When Sara knocked me over, her smirk told me that she had done it on purpose.
he smirked his way through the interview
The word smirk is a noun meaning sly smile. Synonyms for the word smirk include beam, grin, leer, simper, grimace, grim, sneer, visage, and smug look.
Smirk does not have a suffix. Usually words with only one syllable, don't have a suffix.
With a smirk on her face, the girl retorted, "Flattery will get you nowhere, you cretin!" then she stalked off with a shake of her head.
Grin.
smirk
The prefix of the word "smirk" is "sm-" which means a slight curling of the lip, often indicating amusement or smugness.
Grin or smirk