grimace, face
(noun) a contorted facial expression; “she made a grimace at the prospect”
grimace, make a face, pull a face
(verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; “He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grimace (plural grimaces)
A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
(obsolete) Affectation, pretence.
grimace (third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced)
To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
• Gemaric, Megaric
Source: Wiktionary
Gri*mace", n. Etym: [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr mask, specter, Ical. gr mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
Definition: 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 hideons 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 usa: chagrin, double--entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." I. Disraeli.
Gri*mace", v. i.
Definition: To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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