GRIMACE

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

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Etymology

Noun

grimace (plural grimaces)

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

(obsolete) Affectation, pretence.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Gemaric, Megaric

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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