English
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪs|-eɪs
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
#: quotations:
#:* "I trundle off to bed, eyes brimming, face twisted into a grateful glistening grimace, and awaken the next day wondering what all the fuss was about." — Opera News, March 2005
Translations
trans-top|a distortion of the countenance
Finnish: irvistys
French: grimace f
Norwegian: t-|no|grimase|m
trans-mid
German: Grimasse f
Spanish: mueca f
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Verb
en-verb|grimac|es
- To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Translations
trans-top|to make grimaces
Finnish: irvistää
German: Grimassen schneiden
Maori: wh�ita
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|gjøre grimase, t-|no|lage grimase
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Category:Body language
Category:Face
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