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grimace

1 verb
     
gri‧mace1 [intransitive]
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
grimace at
She grimaced at her reflection in the mirror.
She sipped the whisky and grimaced.
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