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Definition of Make a face
1. Verb. Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state. "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
Specialized synonyms: Squinch, Squint, Wince, Smile, Frown, Glower, Lour, Lower, Screw Up, Mop, Mow, Pout
Generic synonyms: Communicate, Intercommunicate
Derivative terms: Grimace
Definition of Make a face
1. Verb. (colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make A Face
Literary usage of Make a face
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"... A face decidedly not serious, A face profane, that would not do at all To make
a face at Exeter Hall, — That Hall where bigots rant and cant and pray, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"I tried very hard to make a face, but could not succeed, though I tried and tried
again. At last, just as I was thoroughly disheartened, the stonemason came ..."
3. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"... to make a face (to frighten a child). В AXIOME, sm axiom. AYANT-CAUSE,
im (jurisp.), having power; claimant. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood (1866)
"... A face decidedly not serious, A face profane, that would not do at all To make
a face at Exeter Hall,— That Hall where bigots rant, and cant, and pray. ..."
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