verb, noun
verb [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to make an ugly expression with your face to show pain, disgust, etc:
He grimaced at the bitter taste. * She grimaced as the needle went in.
noun an ugly expression made by twisting your face, used to show pain, disgust, etc. or to make sb laugh:
to make / give a grimace of pain * 'What's that?' she asked with a grimace.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for grimace is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does grimace appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — grimace appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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