1. grimace - Noun
2. grimace - Verb
A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad 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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
Remind me one day to teach you how to achieve a sneer, Hugh. Yours is too pronounced, and thus but a grimace. It should be but a faint curl of the lips. Georgette Heyer
You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive. Suzanne Collins
He made the quick apologetic grimace that seemed to be as near as he ever came to a smile. Susan Cooper
An old ape never made a pretty grimace. French Proverb
If one is eloquent in speech Even the hills nod in agreement If one is harsh in words Even the hills grimace in anger. Tibetan Proverb