: a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
a grimace of hate and rage
grimacer
noun
grimaced; grimacing
: to distort one's face in an expression usually of pain, disgust, or disapproval
Grimacing slightly, he runs his finger over the back of his heel, where a deep … fissure has opened inside a callus.—
Chris Ballard
Chris BallardMy father shifted his weight and grimaced. The sheet slid off his injured leg, the calf swollen, purple as a plum …—Bernard Cooper
Bernard CooperExamples of grimace in a Sentence
Noun
The patient made a painful grimace as the doctor examined his wound.
he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine
Verb
playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent
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Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
He was seen grimacing, whincing, and holding his right wrist.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The funny thing is that, wild gore aside, Scanners is one of his most accessible films — essentially Cronenberg’s version of an X-Men picture, pitting the good and the evil Scanners against each other via close-ups of the actors grimacing and furrowing with silly mental concentration.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
He was seen grimacing, whincing, and holding his right wrist.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Grimace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grimace. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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