unsmiling

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adjective

Not smiling; serious or grave

“his grim unsmiling manner”

Similar
austerehumorlessjoyless
Opposite
smiling
OriginEnglish smiling ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsmiling (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot smiling; serious or grave

    his grim unsmiling manner

    Synonyms: austere, humorless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot smiling; serious or grave

Similar
austerehumorless
Opposite
smiling

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot smiling

Similar
joyless
Also see
joyless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsmiling
  9. Englishunsmiling

From un- + smiling.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Greek αγέλαστος
  • αγέλαστος (agélastos)not smiling
Hungarian mosolytalan
  • mosolytalannot smiling
Cite this entry
APA

unsmiling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmiling

MLA

“unsmiling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmiling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsmiling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsmiling.

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