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grimacing
[ grim-uhs-ing, gri-mey-sing ]
adjective
- making or causing a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, disgust, etc.:
To the grimacing dissatisfaction of coffee drinkers, pranksters had put salt in the sugar bowl.
noun
- the act of making a facial expression that indicates disapproval, pain, disgust, etc.:
Incoming patients can be made anxious by the grimacing of other patients waiting to be seen.
Other Words From
- grim·ac·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of grimacing1
Example Sentences
Fields missed one play, then sandwiched a dart to the end zone between grimaces of pain.
Winston Ross on the spooky case that has authorities grimacing.
His light found a squat skeleton sitting there grimacing at him.
Close upon their heels press forward a chattering grimacing group from Naples.
Nick passed on and quickly paused again; this time, his mother discerned, before the marble image of a strange grimacing woman.
Grimacing, he pressed the edges of the wound together and willed that the bleeding stop.
Then, his work finished, he threw the mattock into the brush and set out again, grimacing disgustedly and scratching himself.
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