Communication
Synonyms for grimace
The synonym for grimace recorded in this bank is face, in the sense "a contorted facial expression". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for grimace
- facenoun, in the sense "a contorted facial expression"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for grimace.
a contorted facial expression
She made a grimace at the prospect.
The true synonym
face
Same sentence, swapped: She made a face at the prospect.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- snarl
- gape
- wink
Where grimace turns up in the game
grimace is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play grimace
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