'Grimace' definitions:
Definition of 'grimace'
(from WordNet)
noun
A contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: grimace, face]
verb
Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [syn: grimace, make a face, pull a face]
Definition of 'Grimace'
From: GCIDE
- Grimace \Gri*mace"\, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H. Martineau. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grimace'
From: GCIDE
- Grimace \Gri*mace"\ (gr[i^]m"[i^]s or gr[i^]*m[=a]s"), n. [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr[imac]ma mask, specter, Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's `Marriage a-la-Mode,[rsquo] as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, ['e]claircissement, embarras, ['e]quivoque, foible, grimace, na["i]vete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." --I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grimace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- agonize,
- ail,
- anguish,
- blanch,
- blench,
- bob,
- bobble,
- bounce,
- bump,
- contort,
- declaim,
- deform,
- didder,
- disapprove of,
- distort,
- dither,
- face,
- falter,
- feel pain,
- feel the pangs,
- frown,
- gloom,
- glower,
- ham,
- ham it up,
- have a misery,
- hurt,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- knit the brow,
- long face,
- look askance at,
- look black,
- look sullen,
- lower,
- make a face,
- make a lip,
- make a moue,
- make a mouth,
- misshape,
- mop,
- mop and mow,
- moue,
- mouth,
- mouthing,
- mow,
- mug,
- out-herod Herod,
- overact,
- overdramatize,
- pound,
- pout,
- pull a face,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- rant,
- recoil,
- revolt at,
- rictus,
- roar,
- scowl,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shoot,
- show distaste for,
- shrink,
- shrink from,
- shudder,
- shudder at,
- smart,
- snarl,
- spout,
- suffer,
- thrill,
- throb,
- throw away,
- tic,
- tingle,
- tremble,
- tremor,
- twinge,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- underact,
- wince,
- wobble,
- writhe,
- wry face,
- wry mouth