grimace : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grimace	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for grimace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grimace n a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" Synonym(s): grimace, face v contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" Synonym(s): grimace, make a face, pull a face
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grimace \Gri*mace"\, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H. Martineau.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grimace \Grimace"\ (gr[icr]m[amac]s"), n. [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr[imac]ma mask, specter, Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.] A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. [1913 Webster] Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Note: [bd]Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's [bd]Marriage a-la-Mode,[b8] as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, [82]claircissement, embarras, [82]quivoque, foible, grimace, na[8b]vete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use.[b8] --I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster]