grimace

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gri·mace1 /ɡrɪˈmeɪs, ˈɡrɪməs/ verb [intransitive]  DON'T LIKESMILEto 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 〔因不喜欢某物、感到疼痛或开玩笑时〕扭曲脸部，做怪相grimace at She grimaced at her reflection in the mirror. 她对着镜中的自己做了个怪脸。 She sipped the whisky and grimaced. 她呷了一口威士忌，做了个怪相。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

grimace• The screaming would not stop, and he grimaced.• He grimaced and scratched his short, curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap.• Stadler, meanwhile, was grimacing and snarling with every strut of his corpulent form.• The flack grimaced and walked away, muttering.• Vic grimaces at his own reflection, as if to say: come off it, no identity crises, please.• He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.• Justin said, grimacing at the recollection.• She grimaced for Anna to step over it too, but the child trod on it before Liz could wrench her arm.grimace at• Hannegan grimaced at the big black painting on the wall.grimace2 noun [countable] written  DON'T LIKEPAINan expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain 脸部扭曲，怪相，鬼脸〔指不喜欢某物或感到疼痛时的面部表情〕 His face twisted in a grimace of pain. 他痛得龇牙咧嘴。 a grimace of disgust 表示厌恶的怪相

Examples from the Corpus

grimace• He saw me without surprise, with a small smile, almost a grimace, on his face.• Bernie gave a grimace of disgust and left the room.• Her severed head flopped on a bin of guts, yellow beak in a grimace - take me with you?• A grimace distorted her fine mouth.• More screams and grimaces and thrashing about, and then pure vertigo.• Maryellen, standing beside them, looks at the bruised skin and grimaces.• There were a lot of grimaces, and a little dry bark sometimes, but never a laugh.• He was runty and snuffling and the left half of his face had a permanent grimace.Origin grimace2 (1600-1700) French from earlier French grimache

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gri‧mace¹ /ɡrɪˈmeɪs, ˈɡrɪməs/ verb [intransitive]
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 whisky and grimaced.

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grimace² noun [countable] writtenan expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain:
    His face twisted in a grimace of pain.
    a grimace of disgust
     

THESAURUS

■ different types of expression
   ▪ frown the expression on your face when you move your eyebrows together because you are angry, unhappy, or confused: With a frown, she asked, ‘So what’s wrong with that?’
   ▪ smile an expression in which your mouth curves upwards, when you are being friendly or are happy or amused: She gave him a quick smile.
   ▪ scowl an angry or disapproving expression: There was a scowl of irritation on his face.
   ▪ glare a long angry look: He gave her a furious glare, but said nothing.
   ▪ grimace an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain: His face twisted into a grimace of anguish.
   ▪ sneer an expression that shows you have no respect for something or someone: ‘That’s what you said last time,’ she said with a sneer.
   ▪ smirk an expression in which you smile in an unpleasant way that shows you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck or that you think you are better than other people: He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.
   ▪ pout an expression in which you push out your lower lip because you are unhappy that you did not get what you want: ‘You’re going away?’ she said with a pout.