grimace
noun/ˈɡɹɪm.əs/UK/ˈɡɹɪm.əs/US
Etymology
From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.
Definitions
A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
- Her face was twisted in a grimace of disgust.
- 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.
Affectation, pretence.
- 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 […].
- Charlotte was equally insensible to all his fashionable grimace, and indifferent to his conversation.
To make grimaces
To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for grimace. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA