Associations to the word «Grimace»

Pictures for the word «Grimace»

Wiktionary

GRIMACE, noun. 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.
GRIMACE, verb. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Dictionary definition

GRIMACE, noun. A contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect".
GRIMACE, verb. Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley