grimace

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
2. (obsolete) Affectation, pretence.

Verb

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Sinónimos

frown

face

scowl

make faces

make a face

grin

😁

pull a face

sneer

glower

gesture

motion

glare

smirk

😏

mouth

mug

wince

raise eyebrows

sign

make/pull faces

grim look

mop

mow

rictus

risus

simper

snarl

snoot

squint

twisted

gurn

knit the brows

sullen face

grimace with the mouth

Traducións

grimace

smorfia

Grimasse

mueca

Fratze

μορφάζω

γκριμάτσα

careta

μορφασμός

faire des grimaces

grimacer

ganyota

moue

😡

gezichten trekken

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪm.əs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a Old English: grīma

In summary

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.