0 to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way:
1 an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way:
2 an expression of pain or disgust in which the muscles of the face are tightened and the face looks twisted
She gave a slight grimace.
We got to know each other very well, and sometimes a smile or a grimace across the table is all that is necessary for us to communicate with each other.
He subsisted on a half-pound of food daily, mostly sawdust mixed with bread and flour and a thin, bitter soup he still recalls with a grimace.
Duo was entangled in his harness, a pained grimace on his face.
"I've seen myself on TV," Linda says with a grimace.
The misogyny of the work is tempered by the mien of the suitor: eyes bulging, he, too, shows his teeth in an unflattering, goofy grimace.
The grimace is seen in a rhesus monkey or a chimpanzee crouching from attack by a dominant.
Passive verbs will make you chuckle, or grimace, depending on how daft they sound.
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