Usually means: Facial expressions showing pain, disgust.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. grimaces: Merriam-Webster
  2. grimaces: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grimaces: Vocabulary.com
  4. Grimaces, grimaces: Wordnik
  5. grimaces: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. grimaces: Wiktionary
  7. grimaces: Dictionary.com
  8. grimaces: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. grimaces: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grimaces: Medical dictionary

(Note: See grimace as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (grimace)

noun:  A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
noun:  (obsolete) Affectation, pretence.
verb:  (intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
▸ Also see grimace


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