About The Word Grimace
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Grimace
Grimace Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Grimace?
[n] a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
[v] contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grimace: face | make a face | pull a face Related Terms | Find terms related to Grimace: ache | agonize | ail | anguish | blanch | blench | bob | bobble | bounce | bump | contort | declaim | deform | didder | disapprove of | distort | dither | face | falter | feel pain | feel the pangs | frown | gloom | glower | ham | ham it up | have a misery | hurt | jar | jerk | jig | jigget | jiggle | jog | joggle | jolt | jostle | knit the brow | long face | look askance at | look black | look sullen | lower | make a face | make a lip | make a moue | make a mouth | misshape | mop | mop and mow | moue | mouth | mouthing | mow | mug | out-herod Herod | overact | overdramatize | pound | pout | pull a face | quake | quaver | quiver | rant | recoil | revolt at | rictus | roar | scowl | shake | shiver | shock | shoot | show distaste for | shrink | shrink from | shudder | shudder at | smart | snarl | spout | suffer | thrill | throb | throw away | tic | tingle | tremble | tremor | twinge | twitch | twitter | underact | wince | wobble | writhe | wry face | wry mouth See Also | communicate | cross one's eyes | facial expression | facial gesture | frown | glower | intercommunicate | lour | lower | mop | moue | mow | pout | pout | screw up | smile | squinch | squint | wince | wry face Grimace In Webster's Dictionary \Gri*mace"\ (gr[i^]*m[=a]s"), n. [F., prob. of Teutonic
origin; cf. AS. gr[imac]ma mask, specter, Icel. gr[imac]ma
mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
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.
Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every
feature of it appeared under a different distortion.
--Addison.
Note: ``Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in
Dryden's ``Marriage a-la-Mode,'' as innovations in our
language, are now in common use: chagrin,
double-entendre, ['e]claircissement, embarras,
['e]quivoque, foible, grimace, na["i]vete, ridicule.
All these words, which she learns by heart to use
occasionally, are now in common use.'' --I. Disraeli.
\Gri*mace"\, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H. Martineau. |
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