pull a face
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- grimace derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grimace |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wince |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frown |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pout |