Grimace

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sharp contortion of the face.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
  • v. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
  • verb-intransitive. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An involuntary or spontaneous distortion of the countenance, expressive of pain or great discomfort, or of disgust, disdain, or disapproval; a wry face.
  • n. An affected expression of the countenance, intended to indicate interest or cordiality, or petty conceit or arrogance.
  • n. Simulation of interest or sincerity; duplicity; hypocrisy.
  • To make grimaces; distort the countenance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a contorted facial expression
  • v. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
  • Verb Form
    grimaced    grimaces    grimacing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    smirk    face    mow    mop    mouth    mug   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    grin    shrug    chuckle    grunt    snarl    exclamation    sneer    smirk    gesture    spasm