| grimac | The students grimaced at the teacher. |
| grimac | What's the matter, dad? Why are you grimacing like that? |
| grimace | (n) a contorted facial expression, Syn. face, Example: she made a grimace at the prospect |
| grimace | (v) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, Syn. make a face, pull a face, Example: He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
| Grimace | n. [ F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. grīma mask, specter, Icel. grīma 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 ] ☞ “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.” I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Grimace | v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Grimaced | a. Distorted; crabbed. [ 1913 Webster ] |