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grimace

n. முகச்சுளிப்பு, இளிப்பு, முக நௌதப்பு, செயற்கையான தோற்றம், முகக்கோட்டம், அழகு காட்டுதல், ஏளனப் பழிப்பு, போலி நடை, (வினை) அழகு காட்டு, பழிப்பு, காட்டு, முகத்தை நெறி.


Gri*mace", n. Etym: [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr mask, specter, Ical. gr mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.] Defn: 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. Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. Addison. Note: "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's "Marriage a-la-Mode," as innovations in our language, are now in common usa: chagrin, double--entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." I. Disraeli. Gri*mace", v. i. Defn: To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau.


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