Adjektiv

verschmitzt

mischievous, roguish, sly, impish

Er warf mir einen verschmitzten Blick zu.

He gave me a mischievous look.

Sie lächelte verschmitzt und sagte nichts.

She smiled mischievously and said nothing.

a mischievous + noun a mischievous ... He had a mischievous smile.

to do sth. mischievously to do sth. mischievously She winked mischievously.

Synonyms: schelmisch (roguish), spitzbübisch (impish); Antonyms: ernst (serious), offen (open)

Derived from Middle High German `versmitzen`, which meant 'to stain' or 'to act cunningly'. Today it implies a knowing, playful cunning.

Connect it to a 'smirk'. A `verschmitztes Lächeln` (mischievous smile) is very similar to a smirk.

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