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Definition of grimace
: a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain a grimace of hate and rage
grimace
intransitive verbgrimacer
nounExplore Merriam-Webster
Examples of grimace in a Sentence
The patient made a painful grimace as the doctor examined his wound.
he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine
Recent Examples of grimace from the Web
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In the trailer, Black Bolt grimaces, causing a car to fly into the air.
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Even at the center of a sterile love triangle between Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko, Cruise isn't allowed to do much more than grimace and shoot artillery.
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Next came the puh and guh with its grunts and grimaces.
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With frequent grimaces and heavy sighs, Hamburger worked through an hour of painfully plodding material that drew cheers, heckles and, believe it or not, laughter.
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The encounter offset some of the experiences that exposed the young MP to the horrors of war -- among the many vivid memories of Okinawa that Rondin remembers with a grimace, a shudder and even at times a smile.
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Atamanuik does a more literal, full-bodied impression, nailing the presidential man-baby’s grimace and sweeping hand mannerisms.
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The cockpit is rigged with cameras that record the grimaces and shouts of a few novices who repeatedly crash the world’s favorite spaceship while attempting to steer it out of a tunnel.
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An eleven-foot-tall maraca, decorated with a cheerfully skeletal grimace of frosting-like acrylic paint, welcomes visitors to this exuberant show, which riffs on pre-Columbian motifs and was inspired by the artist’s experiments with ayahuasca.
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Origin and Etymology of grimace
French, from Middle French, alteration of grimache, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grīma mask
GRIMACE Defined for English Language Learners
grimace
playDefinition of grimace for English Language Learners
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: a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain
GRIMACE Defined for Kids
Definition of grimace for Students
: a twisting of the face (as in disgust or pain)
Definition of grimace for Students
grimaced
;grimacing
: to twist the face He grimaced in pain.
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