making a face
Contorting your expression
Making a face is deliberately contorting your facial features to express emotion or entertain—often disgust, disapproval, or silliness.
Children make faces at each other; adults make faces at unpleasant food or bad ideas.
She made a face when I suggested we split the bill.
The expression usually implies the face is exaggerated or theatrical.
- frownDisapproving facial expression
- sneerScornful expression
- side eyeDisapproving sideways glance
- mean mugAggressive unwelcoming look
- poutSulky facial expression
duck lips · scowl · stink eye · wince · eye roll · raised eyebrow · smirk · grimace · scrunch · wrinkled nose · curl · grin · snarl · purse · gape · smile · tongue out · mug
making a facekeeping a straight face
poker face · blank expression · deadpan · expressionless · impassive
making a facegrinning and bearing it
Enduring discomfort with feigned cheerfulness
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