noun
definition
A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
definition
Affectation, pretence.
verb
definition
To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
Examples of grimaces in a Sentence
He could barely run and turning brought more grimaces of pain.
There's no response to smiles, grimaces and silly sounds.
His grimaces, his gestures, his mutterings, sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him.
I can see his odd grimaces, and hear him swear so funnily in his speeches, as if it were but yesterday!
I got so many grimaces dressed as a nun at Run For Home, I think I'll wear the same!
Johnson saw with more envy than became so great a man the villa, the plate, the china, the Brussels carpet, which the little mimic had got by repeating, with grimaces and gesticulations, what wiser men had written; and the exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled by the thought that, while all the rest of the world was applauding him, he could obtain from one morose cynic, whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any compliment not acidulated with scorn.
An infant who grimaces during stimulation might be given a one, while an infant who cries and/or coughs during stimulation may be given a two.
In disorganized (hebephrenic) schizophrenia, the patient is incoherent, with flat or inappropriate emotions, disorganized behavior, and bizarre, stereotyped movements and grimaces.
Granted, we saw only the grimaces of the revolution.
Examples of simple motor tics include nose wrinkling, facial grimaces, eye blinking, jerking the neck, shrugging the shoulders, or tensing the muscles of the abdomen.