Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - grimace
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Grimace
grimace
(grimaces, grimacing, grimaced) If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. (WRITTEN) She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow... She grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda. VERB: V, V at n • Grimace is also a noun. He took another drink of his coffee. ‘Awful,’ he said with a grimace. N-COUNT
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noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, alteration of grimache, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grima mask Date: 1651 a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain • ~ intransitive verb • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a distortion of the face made in disgust etc. or to amuse. --v.intr. make a grimace. Derivatives grimacer n. Etymology: F f. Sp. grimazo f. grima fright ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. гримаса; ужимка to make grimaces —- делать гримасы 2. гримасничанье, гримасы 3. гримасничать he grimaced with distaste —- на его лице появилась гримаса отвращения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 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 (Toni muttered and grimaced at each tug of the comb.) (Baggio lay grimacing with pain.) ~2 n an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain (Bernie gave a grimace of disgust and left the room.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1651, from Fr. grimace, from M.Fr. grimache, from O.Fr. grimuche, possibly from Frank. (cf. O.S. grima), from same P.Gmc. root as grim. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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