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Definition of grimace in English: grimacenoun ˈɡrɪməsɡrɪˈmeɪs An ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. she gave a grimace of pain Example sentencesExamples - It is January in the Middle West and people are sliding across the iced campus walkways, their faces freezing into grimaces whenever a stiff wind gusts off the river.
- Her father's thin lips twisted into a grimace of such severity that they all but vanished from existence.
- Regan attempted a smirk, but had to settle for a grimace when the effort made his face flare in pain again.
- Number one rule; never smile at your opponent (s); scowls and grimaces are the order of the day.
- Ty had already grunted and sunk down, clutching at the arrow in her shoulder with a grimace of pain.
- He met my gaze, and his lips curled back in a grimace more sneer than snarl.
- On the other hand, I've had patients hobble in with a grimace and tell me their pain level is a two.
- Ian listened for a few seconds, his bland smile twisting slowly into an exaggerated grimace.
- Her stiff expression broke into a smile that seemed more like a grimace to Shamus.
- A sharp pain scored the back of his throat, and he swallowed with a small grimace.
- There was a slight grimace upon his face but the grimace wasn't that of physical pain.
- There was some mild pain but, other than a few grimaces which her audience didn't see because she was in constant action and far enough away, she managed to stifle most of it.
- There was a brief moment where he could not hide his wince, his small grimace of pain.
- Stoic and economical in his movements, expressing emotional pain through tight-lipped grimaces and squinty eyes, Mortenson is the perfect cowboy hero.
- Lisa tried to smile at his worried expression, but it came out as a grimace.
- The black-haired one scowls, pulling her face into an ugly grimace.
- Adam's mouth was twisted into something between a smile and a grimace of pain.
- I felt my lips tighten in a rictus that was closer to a grimace than a smile.
- His face twisting into a grimace, he managed to bring his legs onto the bed and Francesca covered him with the blankets.
- He quickly wiped his finger onto his black apron with a grimace and leaned on the counter, smiling sweetly to her.
Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, moue, wince, distorted expression face, wry face
verb ˈɡrɪməsɡrɪˈmeɪs [no object]Make a grimace. I sipped the coffee and grimaced Example sentencesExamples - She watched, hand poised at his back, as Emery grimaced and tried to sit up.
- An icy blast of wind from the Arctic swirled down the hillside and froze the skin on his face. He grimaced, hunched his shoulders, and trudged on.
- She sipped her coffee, grimacing at the taste.
- She stopped by for a bit and during her discussion with Suzie, she grimaced and grabbed her forehead.
- Make a conscious effort to relax your face when you find yourself drawing your brows together or grimacing.
- After a moment, she pulled her mouth away from his, grimacing and protesting.
- Magnus pushed himself to his feet, grimacing as he put a hand to his head.
- Piper splashed her face with water, grimacing at the picture in the mirror.
- As she grimaced and grunted her way through to her third Wimbledon title, she got a little lucky.
- She took a sip of the brownish liquid in her can, grimacing slightly.
- I grimaced at the pain in my side and forced myself to speed up.
- One day, we were all at some bar, having rounds of drinks, when I mentioned crawfish again, and Hiroki grimaced and made retching noises.
- The coach grimaces when he reflects upon the current challenges that face his squad, given the ‘five to six weeks’ he was left with to assemble an entirely new roster from scratch.
- The poor man grimaces in pain and falls to one knee.
- Morgan beamed and reached for his coffee, grimacing as he took a small sip.
- I grimaced and suppressed an urge to wring my hands.
- Then he caught a look at himself in the mirror, with the angry scowl on his face, and grimaced.
- Both athletes ground to a halt, clutching their thighs and grimacing before they were even two-thirds of the way down the track.
- Kris smiles then grimaces at the pain once again.
- He struck it well, but grimaced as he watched it drift outside the near post.
Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour make a face, make faces, pull a face British gurn
Derivatives noun Both grimacers are converts to the latest twist in isometric exercises, which have been used increasingly in the past decade as a means of strengthening muscles by making them push, pull and strain. Example sentencesExamples - In fact, I have since had people visibly grimace when I tell them where I earned my degree (not that some of these grimacers have attained anything like a Ph.D. or published anything at all, but that's another story for another time).
- ‘The Year of Monkey is considered a year of difficulties and worry by elderly, superstitious folks because the monkey is a grimacer,’ said Hoang An, a 46 year-old Hanoi businessman.
- No, we refer to the wholesale ransacking of the UK's cultural heritage, offenses that go beyond such mortal sins against English literature as are committed whenever earnest grimacer Ethan Hawke is cast as Pip Pirrip or the Prince of Denmark.
- Among the grimacers, one woman from Iowa noticed that I was looking at her and flushed red in the face.
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Spanish grimazo 'caricature', from grima 'fright'. Definition of grimace in US English: grimacenoun An ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. she gave a grimace of pain Example sentencesExamples - It is January in the Middle West and people are sliding across the iced campus walkways, their faces freezing into grimaces whenever a stiff wind gusts off the river.
- I felt my lips tighten in a rictus that was closer to a grimace than a smile.
- His face twisting into a grimace, he managed to bring his legs onto the bed and Francesca covered him with the blankets.
- Her father's thin lips twisted into a grimace of such severity that they all but vanished from existence.
- There was some mild pain but, other than a few grimaces which her audience didn't see because she was in constant action and far enough away, she managed to stifle most of it.
- A sharp pain scored the back of his throat, and he swallowed with a small grimace.
- Ian listened for a few seconds, his bland smile twisting slowly into an exaggerated grimace.
- Stoic and economical in his movements, expressing emotional pain through tight-lipped grimaces and squinty eyes, Mortenson is the perfect cowboy hero.
- Regan attempted a smirk, but had to settle for a grimace when the effort made his face flare in pain again.
- He met my gaze, and his lips curled back in a grimace more sneer than snarl.
- There was a slight grimace upon his face but the grimace wasn't that of physical pain.
- On the other hand, I've had patients hobble in with a grimace and tell me their pain level is a two.
- The black-haired one scowls, pulling her face into an ugly grimace.
- Ty had already grunted and sunk down, clutching at the arrow in her shoulder with a grimace of pain.
- Lisa tried to smile at his worried expression, but it came out as a grimace.
- Number one rule; never smile at your opponent (s); scowls and grimaces are the order of the day.
- He quickly wiped his finger onto his black apron with a grimace and leaned on the counter, smiling sweetly to her.
- There was a brief moment where he could not hide his wince, his small grimace of pain.
- Her stiff expression broke into a smile that seemed more like a grimace to Shamus.
- Adam's mouth was twisted into something between a smile and a grimace of pain.
Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, moue, wince, distorted expression
verb [no object]Make a grimace. I sipped the coffee and grimaced Example sentencesExamples - I grimaced at the pain in my side and forced myself to speed up.
- Morgan beamed and reached for his coffee, grimacing as he took a small sip.
- Both athletes ground to a halt, clutching their thighs and grimacing before they were even two-thirds of the way down the track.
- After a moment, she pulled her mouth away from his, grimacing and protesting.
- Then he caught a look at himself in the mirror, with the angry scowl on his face, and grimaced.
- She took a sip of the brownish liquid in her can, grimacing slightly.
- He struck it well, but grimaced as he watched it drift outside the near post.
- As she grimaced and grunted her way through to her third Wimbledon title, she got a little lucky.
- One day, we were all at some bar, having rounds of drinks, when I mentioned crawfish again, and Hiroki grimaced and made retching noises.
- She stopped by for a bit and during her discussion with Suzie, she grimaced and grabbed her forehead.
- I grimaced and suppressed an urge to wring my hands.
- Magnus pushed himself to his feet, grimacing as he put a hand to his head.
- An icy blast of wind from the Arctic swirled down the hillside and froze the skin on his face. He grimaced, hunched his shoulders, and trudged on.
- Piper splashed her face with water, grimacing at the picture in the mirror.
- The poor man grimaces in pain and falls to one knee.
- Make a conscious effort to relax your face when you find yourself drawing your brows together or grimacing.
- She watched, hand poised at his back, as Emery grimaced and tried to sit up.
- The coach grimaces when he reflects upon the current challenges that face his squad, given the ‘five to six weeks’ he was left with to assemble an entirely new roster from scratch.
- She sipped her coffee, grimacing at the taste.
- Kris smiles then grimaces at the pain once again.
Synonyms scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, lour
Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Spanish grimazo ‘caricature’, from grima ‘fright’. |