make a grimace of pain
1grimace — ► NOUN ▪ an ugly, twisted expression on a person s face, expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. ► VERB ▪ make a grimace. ORIGIN French, from Spanish grima fright …
2grimace — gri|mace1 [grıˈmeıs, ˈgrıməs] v to twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny grimace at ▪ She grimaced at her reflection in the mirror. ▪ She sipped the… …
3grimace — [grɪ meɪs, grɪməs] noun an ugly, twisted expression on a person s face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. verb make a grimace. Derivatives grimacer noun Origin C17: from Fr., from Sp. grimazo caricature , from grima fright …
4grimace — [gri mās′, grim′is] n. [Fr, altered (with pejorative suffix) < OFr grimuche, prob. < Frank * grima, a mask, akin to OE grima: see GRIME] a twisting or distortion of the face, as in expressing pain, contempt, disgust, etc., or a wry look as… …
5grimace — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight, small ▪ pained, painful (esp. AmE) ▪ wry ▪ facial …
6grimace — I UK [ˈɡrɪməs] / US / UK [ɡrɪˈmeɪs] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms grimace : present tense I/you/we/they grimace he/she/it grimaces present participle grimacing past tense grimaced past participle grimaced to make an ugly expression by… …
7pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …
8grimace — grim|ace1 [ grıməs, grı meıs ] verb intransitive to make an ugly expression by twisting your face, for example because you are in pain or do not like something grimace grim|ace 2 [ grıməs, grı meıs ] noun count an ugly expression that you make by …
9grimace — 1 verb (I) to twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny: Toni muttered and grimaced at each tug of the comb. (+ with): Baggio lay grimacing with pain. 2… …
10grimace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. face, scowl, leer, expression, moue. See distortion, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. smirk, smile, sneer; see expression 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. pained expression, wry face, face,… …
