grimace

See also grimacé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1645-55 From French descended from Frankish grima (“mask”) + -azo

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: grĭm'-əs, grĭ-mās'; IPA: /'gɹɪm.əs/, /gɹɪ.'meɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

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

Translations

a distortion of the countenance

Chinese: Mandarin: 鬼臉 (zh), 鬼脸 (zh) (guǐliǎn) Danish: grimasse (da) c. Finnish: irvistys (fi) French: grimace (fr) f. German: Grimasse (de) f. Greek: μορφασμός (el) (morfasmós) m. Italian: smorfia (it) f.

Japanese: しかめっ面 (ja) (しかめっつら, shikamettsura) Norwegian: grimase (no) m. Polish: grymas (pl) m. Portuguese: careta (pt) f. Romanian: grimasă (ro) f. Russian: гримаса (ru) (grimása) f., ужимка (ru) (užímka) f. Spanish: mueca (es) f.

Verb

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.

Translations

to make grimaces

Chinese: Mandarin: 扮鬼臉 (zh), 扮鬼脸 (zh) (bàn guǐliǎn) Danish: grimassere (da) Finnish: irvistää (fi), irvistellä (fi), virnistellä (fi) French: grimacer (fr), faire des grimaces (fr) German: Grimassen schneiden (de)

Greek: μορφάζω (el) (morfázo) Japanese: 顰める (ja) (しかめる, shikameru) Maori: whāita Norwegian: gjøre grimase (no), lage grimase (no) Persian: قيافه ى خود را در هم كشيدن (fa), روی ترش كردن (fa) Russian: гримасничать (ru) (grimásničat')

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French

Noun

grimace f. (plural grimaces)

1. grimace

Derived terms

• grimacer

Verb

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