making faces
Contorting your features
Making faces is distorting your facial features for effect—to amuse, mock, or express disgust.
Children make faces at each other; adults make faces at unpleasant tastes or smells.
Stop making faces at your sister.
She made a face when she heard the news.
The singular make a face emphasizes a single expression of displeasure or disapproval.
- grimacingDistorting face unpleasantly
- smilePleased facial expression
- muggingRobbery with violence
- clowningPlayful comic behavior
- mimingWordless gestural performance
sticking tongue out · mimicking · mocking · smirk · caricaturing · cringing · sneer · scowl · crossing eyes · emoting · goofing · twitching · eye-rolling · side eye · frown · flirting · dramatizing · acting
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- childhood behaviorsgiggling, skipping, tantrums, whining, pouting
- school mischiefspitballs, note passing, passing notes, cheating, copying
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- leisurely activitiesrelaxing, strolling, lounging, wandering, daydreaming
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
facial expression control
making faceskeeping a straight face
poker face · stone-faced · expressionless · blank expression · impassive
make, makes, made, maker, makers, making, remake, unmake, face