grimacer

ɡʁimasɛ

grimaça, grimaçai, grimaçaient

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Definition of grimacer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

expression faciale

Rare

déformer son visage volontairement pour exprimer quelque chose

Rare

L'enfant grimace pour faire rire ses camarades.

faire une grimace

mimer

émotion forte

Rare

montrer un sentiment par une expression faciale très marquée

Rare

Elle grimace de douleur en se relevant.

action pénible

Rare

faire quelque chose en déformant le visage de manière désagréable

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Il grimace un sourire forcé devant ses invités.

faire la grimace

art

Rare

avoir une expression exagérée et peu naturelle

Rare

Ce portrait grimace par ses traits trop appuyés.

caricaturer

vêtements

Rare

faire de mauvais plis en parlant de tissus

Rare

Sa robe grimace au niveau des coutures.

faire des plis

froisser

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Origin of grimacer

français, grimace (expression du visage) + -er (suffixe verbal)

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grimaçant

apparence

personne qui fait des grimaces ou qui a tendance à grimacer

Examples of grimacer in a sentence

Il grimace en goûtant le citron très acide.
Il a grimacé en entendant la mauvaise nouvelle.
L’enfant grimace de peur devant le chien.
Elle grimace en goûtant le citron trop acide.
Tu grimaces toujours quand tu fais des pompes.
La statue grimace d’un sourire forcé.

Le masque du clown grimace sous les projecteurs.
Le pantalon neuf grimace déjà aux genoux.
Ce tissu bon marché grimace après un lavage.

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English:grimace, wince, ...
German:grimassieren, Falten werfen, ...
Italian:smorfiare, mostrare una smorfia, ...
Spanish:hacer muecas, hacer una mueca, ...
Portuguese:fazer caretas, contorcer o rosto, ...
Chinese:做鬼脸, 皱眉, ...
Japanese:顔をしかめる, 顔をゆがめる, ...
Arabic:تجهم, عبس, ...
Hebrew:לְעַוֵּת פָּנִים, לְהַבִּיעַ רֶגֶשׁ בְּהַבָּעַת פָּנִים, ...
Russian:корчить гримасы, корчить гримасу, ...
Ukrainian:кривитися, скривитися, ...
Catalan:fer una careta, gesticular, ...
Danish:gøre grimasser, grimassere, ...
Dutch:grimassen, het gezicht vertrekken, ...
Greek:κάνω γκριμάτσα, στραβώνω το πρόσωπό μου, ...
Hungarian:grimaszolni, elfintorodni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើមុខក្រញ៉ូវ, ធ្វើមុខក្រញូវ, ...
Korean:얼굴을 찡그리다, 표정을 일그러뜨리다, ...
Polish:robić grymasy, krzywić się, ...
Portuguese (BR):fazer careta, fazer uma expressão desagradável, ...
Romanian:a face grimase, a face o grimasă, ...
Swedish:grimasera, göra en grimas, ...
Thai:ทำหน้าบูดบึ้ง, ทำหน้าบิดเบี้ยว, ...
Turkish:yüzünü buruşturmak, abartılı bir ifade takınmak, ...
Vietnamese:nhăn mặt, nhăn nhó, ...

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