01 n. A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, dis…
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A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.“Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion.” — Addison.