grimace

Speech parts

1. grimace - Noun

2. grimace - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

face pull a face make a face leer lower sulk wince look expression mouth gesture smile distort glare deform
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Antonyms

beam smile grin grinning simper chuckle
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Hypernyms

communicate intercommunicate facial expression facial gesture

Hyponyms

lower wince smile mop frown mow

Anagrams

gemaric megaric

Examples

One 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

Close letter words and terms

Grim Reaper paradox grim trigger grim-gram grimaced grimacer grimacey