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noun Grimace n. 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. "Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion." Note: "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's 'Marriage a-la-Mode," as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use."
verb Grimace v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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