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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grimace \Gri*mace"\ (gr[i^]*m[=a]s"), n. [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf AS gr[imac]ma mask, specter, Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.] A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. [1913 Webster] Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Note: ``Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's ``Marriage a-la-Mode,'' as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, ['e]claircissement, embarras, ['e]quivoque, foible, grimace, na["i]vete, ridicule. All these words which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use.'' --I. Disraeli [1913 Webster] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grimace \Gri*mace"\, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H. Martineau From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grimace n : a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: {face}] v : contort the face, make a face; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
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