to make a grimace
21make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …
22make a face — or make faces phrasal to distort one s features ; grimace …
23grimace — 1. noun / gɹɪm.əs,gɹɪ. meɪs/ A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made up face. 2. verb / gɹɪm.əs,gɹɪ …
24grimace — 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,… …
25make faces at — {v. phr.} To grimace; scowl. * / Stop making faces at each other, you children, my aunt said, and start eating. / …
26make faces at — {v. phr.} To grimace; scowl. * / Stop making faces at each other, you children, my aunt said, and start eating. / …
27grimace — grimacer, n. grimacingly, adv. /grim euhs, gri mays /, n., v., grimaced, grimacing. n. 1. a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc. v.i. 2. to make grimaces. [1645 55; < F Frankish *grima mask (cf. GRIME …
28make\ faces\ at — v. phr. To grimace; scowl. Stop making faces at each other, you children, my aunt said, and start eating …
29grimace — n 1. face, wry face, Archaic. mow, Sl. mug, mouth, contortion; frown, scowl, glare; pout, Fr. moue; sneer, smirk, grin. v 2. mouth, Sl. mug, Inf. make a face, mop, Archaic. now, contort; frown, scowl, glower, glare; sneer, smirk, grin; pout,… …
30grimace — grim•ace [[t]ˈgrɪm əs, grɪˈmeɪs[/t]] n. v. aced, ac•ing 1) a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc 2) to make grimaces • Etymology: 1645–55; < F « Frankish *grima mask; cf. grime, grim grim′ac•er, n …
