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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: , from earlier French grimache

grimace

2 noun
     
grimace2 [countable] written
an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain:
His face twisted in a grimace of pain.
a grimace of disgust
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