Grimace
noun
A twisted facial expression showing pain, disgust, or frustration.
She made a grimace when she tasted the bitter medicine.
Often appears as...
- a grimace of disgust
- a grimace of pain
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Disapproving
verb
To make a grimace.
He grimaced when he bit into the unripe fruit.
Often appears as...
- grimace at the thought
- grimace in pain
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Disapproving
noun
A twisted facial expression showing pain, disgust, or frustration.
She made a grimace when she tasted the bitter medicine.
Often appears as...
- a grimace of disgust
- a grimace of pain
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make a grimace.
He grimaced when he bit into the unripe fruit.
Often appears as...
- grimace at the thought
- grimace in pain
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Used to express negative feelings, often in an exaggerated way.
Watching the horror movie, she grimaced at each gory scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Nonverbal Cue
Conveys feelings without words, useful when you want to show how someone feels silently.
I could tell he disliked the proposal by his immediate grimace.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Variance
Can range from mild to severe depending on how strongly someone feels.
Noticing the broken vase, her grimace deepened from annoyance to anger.
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Willard Wigan: Hold your...
And made a needle look like the Hulk's broken it. It's -- I had to make little holes in the base of the needle, to shove his feet in. So most of my work, I don't use glue. They go in with their own friction. And that's how I managed to do it. As you can see, he's looking at the moment. He's got a little grimace on his face.
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
of course these are also animals that do indeed use the sense of smell to pick up on clues about what is going on in the environment and random and they do indeed to deployment grimace as well which is hilarious to watch when animals or humans attempt to do it and of course they're just trying to understand what's
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
and the purpose of the territory mocking is not only to demarcate against other females but also to advertise to males you'll see male lipids I'll stick their faces in and their it noses into the urine and they were tested and tested Jacobson organ with that phlegm and grimace which will then allow for him
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
all of us all of us on this panel are going to be following that and have an eye on that for sure sometimes there are unexpected silver linings even in the grimaced um public health global pandemic scenarios and one of them that that we are
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The Japanese folktale of...
The scholar tried to push forward and ignore the moans. But the desperate cries overwhelmed him. Grimacing, he left his path to follow the sound to its source. He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside.
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Defending a Monkey Harem...
Girls mostly sneak off secretly for affairs. This is a blatant challenge to his authority. The illicit couple just sit. The suitor seems to be using his hand to hide his grimace. He probably doesn't want trouble.
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Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
When I blanked at my first piano recital and ran offstage crying, my mom insisted I stay and support my peers. Years later, when my son grimaced at a chipmunk carcass, our cat had left in the driveway,
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Are there universal...
to create thousands of expressions. But do these expressions look the same and communicate the same meaning around the world, regardless of culture? Is one person’s smile another’s grimace?
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
his authority the illicit couple just sit the suitor seems to be using his hand to hide his grimace he probably doesn't want trouble chimps baboons and macaques may also try
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Finger Food with Fingers...
grimace I'd be good work are they still moving the theme of the evening maybe adventure but some are more thrill-seeking than others I don't
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Willard Wigan: Hold your...
And made a needle look like the Hulk's broken it. It's -- I had to make little holes in the base of the needle, to shove his feet in. So most of my work, I don't use glue. They go in with their own friction. And that's how I managed to do it. As you can see, he's looking at the moment. He's got a little grimace on his face.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
of course these are also animals that do indeed use the sense of smell to pick up on clues about what is going on in the environment and random and they do indeed to deployment grimace as well which is hilarious to watch when animals or humans attempt to do it and of course they're just trying to understand what's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
and the purpose of the territory mocking is not only to demarcate against other females but also to advertise to males you'll see male lipids I'll stick their faces in and their it noses into the urine and they were tested and tested Jacobson organ with that phlegm and grimace which will then allow for him
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
all of us all of us on this panel are going to be following that and have an eye on that for sure sometimes there are unexpected silver linings even in the grimaced um public health global pandemic scenarios and one of them that that we are
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
The scholar tried to push forward and ignore the moans. But the desperate cries overwhelmed him. Grimacing, he left his path to follow the sound to its source. He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside.
Video examples
Defending a Monkey Harem...
Girls mostly sneak off secretly for affairs. This is a blatant challenge to his authority. The illicit couple just sit. The suitor seems to be using his hand to hide his grimace. He probably doesn't want trouble.
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Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
When I blanked at my first piano recital and ran offstage crying, my mom insisted I stay and support my peers. Years later, when my son grimaced at a chipmunk carcass, our cat had left in the driveway,
Video examples
Are there universal...
to create thousands of expressions. But do these expressions look the same and communicate the same meaning around the world, regardless of culture? Is one person’s smile another’s grimace?
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
his authority the illicit couple just sit the suitor seems to be using his hand to hide his grimace he probably doesn't want trouble chimps baboons and macaques may also try
Video examples
Finger Food with Fingers...
grimace I'd be good work are they still moving the theme of the evening maybe adventure but some are more thrill-seeking than others I don't
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Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I used to go to the Hollywood YMCA when I first came here, and I was standing in front of the mirror doing curls, and I noticed this guy next to me also doing curls. He was grimacing a lot, and I noticed he had an underbite. I looked more closely and realized it was Bruce Springsteen.
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Roy Conli
American Producer
I remember telling the 'Tangled' crew about grimace moments: how when you watch a movie that you worked on and you think, 'Ah, I wish we could have done that scene better,' or, 'I wish that we'd had the time or the money to fix that particular story problem.
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Simon Hoggart
British Journalist
It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his weapons, catapult and peashooter, will no longer pick on Walter the Softy, and his ferocious grimace is to be replaced by a charming, boyish smile.
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George Groves
British Athlete
Chudinov is one of the toughest guys I fought. It was only the slump of his shoulders that made me think he's hurt because there's no grimace, or rolling eyes. He was never going down.
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Adam Baldwin
American Actor
I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there's naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.
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Jean Giraudoux
French Dramatist
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
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Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I used to go to the Hollywood YMCA when I first came here, and I was standing in front of the mirror doing curls, and I noticed this guy next to me also doing curls. He was grimacing a lot, and I noticed he had an underbite. I looked more closely and realized it was Bruce Springsteen.
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Roy Conli
American Producer
I remember telling the 'Tangled' crew about grimace moments: how when you watch a movie that you worked on and you think, 'Ah, I wish we could have done that scene better,' or, 'I wish that we'd had the time or the money to fix that particular story problem.
Quote examples
Simon Hoggart
British Journalist
It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his weapons, catapult and peashooter, will no longer pick on Walter the Softy, and his ferocious grimace is to be replaced by a charming, boyish smile.
Quote examples
George Groves
British Athlete
Chudinov is one of the toughest guys I fought. It was only the slump of his shoulders that made me think he's hurt because there's no grimace, or rolling eyes. He was never going down.
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Adam Baldwin
American Actor
I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
Quote examples
Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there's naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.
Quote examples
Jean Giraudoux
French Dramatist
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
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