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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche