Vocabulary

grimace

しかめっ(つら)をする

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb
To distort one's face in an expression usually of pain, disgust, or disapproval. Frown.
通常(つうじょう)(いた)み、嫌悪(けんお)(かん)、または不承認(ふしょうにん)表現(ひょうげん)(かお)(ゆが)める。まゆをしかめる。

Examples

  1. The old man grimaced when the nurse gave him his vaccine injection.

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