pull a face

Thesaurus

Verb

1.pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"grimace, make a facesquint, squinch - cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"wince - make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"smile - change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasurefrown, glower, lour, lower - look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapprovalscrew up - twist into a strained configuration; "screw up one's face"mop, mow, pout - make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"