Usually means: Making a twisted facial expression.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. grimacing: Merriam-Webster
  2. grimacing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grimacing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Grimacing, grimacing: Wordnik
  5. grimacing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. grimacing: Wiktionary
  7. grimacing: Dictionary.com
  8. grimacing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. grimacing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grimacing: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grimacing)

▸ noun:  The act of making a grimace.

Similar:
face, wincing, scowling, smirk, grin, gruntling, shit-eating grin, cringing, coprophagous grin, risus sardonicus, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, beaming, glowing

Types:
scowl, frown, sneer, snarl, grimace, smirk, leer, pout, more...

Adjectives:
facial, much, involuntary, constant, nasal, bizarre, excited, glass, excessive, frequent, prominent



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Similar:
face, wincing, scowling, smirk, grin, gruntling, shit-eating grin, cringing, coprophagous grin, risus sardonicus, more...

Opposite:
smiling, grinning, beaming, glowing

Types:
scowl, frown, sneer, snarl, grimace, smirk, leer, pout, more...

Adjectives:
facial, much, involuntary, constant, nasal, bizarre, excited, glass, excessive, frequent, prominent



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