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Meaning of 'grimace' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grimace [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Grimace [ v. i.]
- To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Meaning of 'grimace' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grimace [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a contorted facial expression
Example in sentence:
  • she made a grimace at the prospect
2 . grimace [ v]
Meaning (2):
- contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
Example in sentence:
  • He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do

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