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plural of grimace
as in scowls
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine

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grimaces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of grimace

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Noun
  • Over the course of an hour, a virtuosic guitarist, a singer, and three dancers performed a program of mournful music and percussive dance, their faces set in serious frowns—an integral part of the performance.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The aim was to encode the various nuanced ways human faces transmit states of mind, and then to visualize them; smiles and frowns are the barest beginning.
    Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But establishing your lead funnyman as someone who just shuts up and stares blankly ahead isn’t a recipe for sustainable comedy.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When Mahomes stares into the secondary, he’s greeted with congestion.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jacob sneers, but doesn’t even wait for his son to answer.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As dusk fell, small frogs were found near the mouths of caves as water flowed from their rocky openings, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • People with certain bacteria and fungi in their mouths may face a dramatically higher risk of pancreatic cancer — more than three times greater — according to new research from NYU Langone Health and and Perlmutter Cancer Center.
    Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Whereas most guests on With Love, Meghan would respond to a prompt like this with doe-eyed enthusiasm, Daniel simply smirks and shakes his head.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Grimaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grimaces. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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