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UNSMILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsmiling mean?
• UNSMILING (adjective)
The adjective UNSMILING has 1 sense:
1. not smiling
Familiarity information: UNSMILING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not smiling
Similar:
joyless (not experiencing or inspiring joy)
Context examples
An unsmiling, a searching, a meaning gaze it was.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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