[Help] I need some help with a word Updates to this post /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:47:57 +0100 The post was closed by Iz-A-Demon /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-8063867 Iz-A-Demon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:11:17 +0100 Reply from Anonymous /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4755938 a knowing smile

]]> Anonymous Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:15:21 +0100 Reply from Tursnip /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4754295 ha ha - I know how you feel though…there is definitley a word. Some kind of Columbo reference!

]]> Tursnip Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:54:13 +0100 Reply from chunkymove /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4754139 I think this shows that if you want to write for a wide audience, then the use of a single word looks unlikely, as no one here knows it.

]]> chunkymove Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:29:50 +0100 Reply from ash1156 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4753531 I know you are looking for one word…

How about “I smiled, astounded.” or “I smiled, Flabbergasted”

]]> ash1156 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:30:24 +0100 Reply from mtdke /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4752521 how about wry or bemused

]]> mtdke Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:59:56 +0100 Reply from chunkymove /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4748890 “he smiled in a uneasy but excited way. Carlos had figured him out so easily, this was going to be more fun than I thought”

]]> chunkymove Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:18:51 +0100 Reply from ash1156 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4743013 Let see if this gets us anywhere…

We need to put a smile on a “caught out” situation.
We also need to be amazed that they have figured it out!
All in one word. Tough one. But food for thought.

I thought of two words, smirk and simper…but thats not good enough.
Anyway, here they are :

smirk : an insolent smile expressing feelings such as superiority, self-satisfaction, or conceit.

simper : transitive verb to say something while smiling in an affected, coy, and usually irritating way

]]> ash1156 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:15:43 +0100 Reply from chunkymove /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723719 Is it the same kind of smile that you see on a villian that meets a worthy foe?

]]> chunkymove Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:45:23 +0100 Reply from Iz-A-Demon /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723667 Well, good to know I’m not the only one who can’t come up with the word. Some were close but didn’t seem to fit it. Looks like I’ll have to use a phrase to handle this one. Thanks all.

]]> Iz-A-Demon Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:36:44 +0100 Reply from Tursnip /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723595 ha ha ha - this is funny. How about instead of a smile there is a nod…an almost imperceptable nod of mutual understanding….or it could just be a rueful grin…rueful doen’t necssarily imply impressed…but it doesn’t not imply that either.

]]> Tursnip Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:50:17 +0100 Reply from pink sparkle /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723583 charmed, bewitched, fascinated, dumbfounded

would a phrase work? e.g. dumbfounded smile with a hint of satisfaction
or a puzzled smile with a hint of astonishment

]]> pink sparkle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:43:59 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723581 Me worry ???? I accept my short comings hehehe

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:43:19 +0100 Reply from Mr. P /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723577 [quote khyron32]Forgive me Mr. P but I was a history major I don’t even know what an adjective is hahaha :-)
I know how to write good sentences but don’t ask me how to properly spell a word (that is what spell checker is for) or what an adjective or noun or adverb is because I couldn’t tell you one from another :-)[/quote]

Haha, no worries.

]]> Mr. P Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:41:44 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723568 Forgive me Mr. P but I was a history major I don’t even know what an adjective is hahaha :-)
I know how to write good sentences but don’t ask me how to properly spell a word (that is what spell checker is for) or what an adjective or noun or adverb is because I couldn’t tell you one from another :-)

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:39:13 +0100 Reply from Mr. P /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723554 That’s why I’m suggesting adjectives? Just plug a “smile”, “smirk”, “grin”, etc. onto any of these.

]]> Mr. P Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:34:11 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723553 He is trying to describe a type of smile. I can’t think of anything all that good.

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:32:13 +0100 Reply from Mr. P /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723551 Arcane or esoteric might fit as well.

]]> Mr. P Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:31:03 +0100 Reply from Iz-A-Demon /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723543 Yeah. That would really be helpful.

]]> Iz-A-Demon Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:24:09 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723541 We need an english major in here to help you out with this one !

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:21:53 +0100 Reply from Iz-A-Demon /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723540 Yeah, I know. Hence why I’m at the point of asking people. I’m getting desperate.

]]> Iz-A-Demon Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:20:21 +0100 Reply from Mr. P /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723539 Shrewd seems to be a good choice. Astute might also work.

]]> Mr. P Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:20:20 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723538 hmmm well aside from saying he displayed a tantalized smirk I wouldn’t really know how to put it.

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:18:04 +0100 Reply from Iz-A-Demon /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723533 Being impressed. Basically after only meeting them for a moment, the first character know that the second is hiding something, even though everyone else missed it. So the second is impressed.

]]> Iz-A-Demon Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:15:49 +0100 Reply from pink sparkle /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723528 devious
uneasy

What’s the dominant feeling? Impressed or guilty of being caught?

]]> pink sparkle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:12:27 +0100 Reply from khyron32 /post/239029-i-need-some-help-with-a-word#reply-4723526 Well ambivelent (spelling?) is an emotion when you are feeling two totally inreconcilable things… such as horrified amazement and impressed.
But I doubt that would go with a smile ;-)

]]> khyron32 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:10:31 +0100