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Twisted facial expression
Answer for the clue "Twisted facial expression ", 7 letters:
grimace
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from French grimace , from Middle French grimache , from Old French grimuce "grotesque face, ugly mug," possibly from Frankish (compare Old Saxon grima "face mask," Old English grima "mask, helmet"), from same Germanic root as grim (adj.). With pejorative ...
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Grimace may refer to: A type of facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain Grimace (composer) , a French composer active in the mid-to-late 14th century Grimace (character) , a McDonaldland marketing character developed to promote the restaurant's ...
Usage examples of grimace.
She staggered a little, but held on to the hilt, twisting the blade inside him, bringing a grimace to his face but no sound to his lips.
She grimaced at Abram and took a deep breath before pushing herself to the edge of the chair.
Thinking about it, he realized he knew Nevrat and Senpat about as well as he did any non-Romans, knew Nevrat better than any woman in this world save Helvis thinking of her made him grimace again, though he did not know itand Alypia Gavra.
Grimacing, Angleton made a silent vow: He would never trust another mortal the way he had trusted Philby.
He grimaced at the taste of pears and set the drink aside as Susanna told him all that had happened since her arrival at Appleton Manor.
Bertram made a grimace at Arabella across the table, and Harry dug her surreptitiously in the ribs with his elbow.
Grimacing, he allowed Ekaterin and ghem-General Benin to help him from the van into a floater.
His slightly curled mouth had more of a grimace than a smile, but Cali found it appealing.
There was Camo, gesturing and grimacing at her to take one of the three vacant seats at the window table.
Folding his arms across his chest and looking down at the ground, Cerro grimaced.
Turning back the sheets, he grimaced at the nettles and cockleburs liberally strewn within.
His lips were pulled back in a grimace, revealing his rotten and discolored teeth.
Ouardi looked at Domini and made a distressed grimace, pointing with a brown finger at the glass.
This Miss Dunstable, in their mutual confidences, had so often ridiculed the love-making grimaces of her mercenary suitors--had spoken so fiercely against those who had persecuted her, not because they had desired her money, but on account of their ill-judgement in thinking her to be a fool--that Mrs Smith had a right to expect that the method she had adopted for opening the negotiation would be taken in a better spirit.
Any enemy loose in the temple of the Firbolgs was a potential threat, reflected Groth with a grimace.