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plural grimaces
A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain. quotations examples
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.
2005 March, Opera News
(obsolete) Affectation, pretence. quotations
Zeluco considered all this as mere affectation and grimace, and was convinced that she would, in due time, unfold the particular mode in which she wished to be indemnified […] .
1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 105
Charlotte was equally insensible to all his fashionable grimace, and indifferent to his conversation.
1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 21
third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced
(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. examples