From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grimace \Gri*mace"\, verb (used without an object) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. --H. Martineau.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grimace \Gri*mace"\ (gr[i^]m"[i^]s or gr[i^]*m[=a]s"), noun [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 and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. --Addison.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: {face}]
verb
1: contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [syn: {make a face}, {pull a face}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "grimace": ache, agonize, ail, anguish, blanch, blench, bob, bobble, bounce, bump, contort, declaim, deform, didder, disapprove of, distort, dither, face, falter, feel pain, feel the pangs, frown, gloom, glower, ham, ham it up, have a misery, hurt, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, knit the brow, long face, look askance at, look black, look sullen, lower, make a face, make a lip, make a moue, make a mouth, misshape, mop, mop and mow, moue, mouth, mouthing, mow, mug, out-herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, pound, pout, pull a face, quake, quaver, quiver, rant, recoil, revolt at, rictus, roar, scowl, shake, shiver, shock, shoot, show distaste for, shrink, shrink from, shudder, shudder at, smart, snarl, spout, suffer, thrill, throb, throw away, tic, tingle, tremble, tremor, twinge, twitch, twitter, underact, wince, wobble, writhe, wry face, wry mouth
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