grimace

grim·ace

Use grimace in a sentence

A young woman grimaces.

noun

The definition of a grimace is a face indicating displeasure, usually made by twisting up your facial features into an unpleasant expression.
An example of a grimace is the way your face looks right after you bite into a lemon.

verb

To grimace is defined as to make an unpleasant fact or twist up your facial features, often to indicate displeasure.
An example of grimace is when you make a face upon biting into a sour lemon.

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grimace

a twisting or distortion of the face, as in expressing pain, contempt, disgust, etc., or a wry look as in seeking to amuse

Origin of grimace

Fr, altered (with pejorative suffix) from Old French grimuche, probably from Frankish an unverified form grima, a mask, akin to Old English grima: see grime

intransitive verb

-·aced, -·ac·ing

to make grimaces

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grimace

noun

A sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust.

intransitive verb

grim·aced, grim·ac·ing, grim·ac·es

To make a sharp contortion of the face.

Origin of grimace

French from Old French grimache alteration of grimuche probably from Frankish grīma mask

Related Forms:

grim′ac·er
noun

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Noun

(plural grimaces)

A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

Verb

(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.

Origin

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”), from Old Frankish *grīma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to stroke, rub”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.