grimace
The accent in the word "grimace" is placed on the second syllable, so it is pronounced "gri-MACE."
The accent is placed on the last syllable of the word "tiene," so it's pronounced "tie-NEH".
The plural form for the noun grimace is grimaces.
Grimace is a verb.
She winced in pain and tried to hide her grimace behind a forced smile.
The accent is on the first syllable in the word "compound."
The accent is on the first syllable -- GRI - mace
Don't make such a grimace when you get a shot.
The boy has a terrible grimace on his face after he got hurt.
The word 'grimace' is both a verb and a noun.The noun 'grimace' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a facial expression of pain, contempt, or disgust; a word for a thing.The noun forms of the verb to grimace are grimacer (one who grimaces) and the gerund, grimacing.
Synonyms for Grimace: frown, moue, scowl, smirk, sneer.
a grin
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You do not need one.
"I grimace when I think about centipedes because anything that crawls gives me the creeps!"
A grimace is a distasteful expression. Another word for a grimace is a moue or a frown. You could also say scowl or sneer. You might even hear the term "make a face," or "a wry face."
Somewhere around the 16th century, the word mump meant to grimace. And people who have the mumps could appear to grimace. That is where it came from.