grimace

grimace has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
• v. i.. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
• n.. a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
• v.. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"