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grimace::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | face |
| Type of | facial gesture, facial expression |
| Has types | wry face, pout, moue |
she made a grimace at the prospect.
grimace::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | make a face, pull a face |
| Type of | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Has types | pout, screw up, smile, squinch, squint, wince, frown, glower, lour, lower, mop, mow |
He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do.
Examples of grimace
grimace
Seen by tourists as racist and exploitative, but one has to grimace and bear it.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
The guy who claims he has severe abdominal pain doesn't grimace when sitting up.
From the omaha.com
When he rolls face up again, the grin is gone, replaced by an agonized grimace.
From the fresnobee.com
Instead they seem prepared to bite their knuckles and grimace for a long while.
From the edition.cnn.com
His forced smile edged toward a grimace, something pleading behind his glasses.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Even those required to collect it approach it with a plastic bag and a grimace.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Jo Mousley has Deidre's tendon grimace down pat while her Hilda Ogden is spot-on.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More time for him to wince, grimace and grumble, like a guy parodying himself.
From the time.com
They may yet find themselves supping with Mr Haider, grimace about it as they may.
From the economist.com
- A contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
- Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
- Grimace (also Grymace or Grimache) was a French composer active in the mid-to-late 14th century.
- McDonaldland was a fantasy world used in the marketing for McDonald's restaurants. It was based on the "total concept and feel" of Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf television program . ...
- 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; To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces
