grimace

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

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grimace (plural grimaces)

1. 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.
   • "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." — Opera News, March 2005

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to grimace (third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced)

1. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

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grimace

1. First-person singular present indicative of grimacer.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of grimacer.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of grimacer.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of grimacer.
5. Second-person singular imperative of grimacer.