| VERB | body | make a face, grimace, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
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| Meaning | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | grimace, pull a face | |
| Narrower | frown, glower, lour, lower | look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval |
| pout, mop, mow | make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | |
| screw up | Twist into a strained configuration | |
| smile | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure | |
| squint, squinch | cross one's eyes as if in strabismus | |
| wince | make a face indicating disgust or dislike | |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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