teeth-baring
Showing your fangs
Teeth-baring describes the act of exposing one's teeth, typically as a display of aggression or threat.
Animals bare their teeth as a warning before attacking; humans do the same when furious or intimidating.
The term can also describe an intense, hostile smile: a teeth-baring grin that held no warmth.
As an adjective, it modifies confrontational behavior: a teeth-baring exchange between rivals.
Hostile vocal threat
- growlLow threatening sound
- threatIndication of potential harm
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
warning · hostility · fangs · menace · attack · defensive · territorial · predator
Broad, toothy smile
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- photogenicAttractive when captured
- cameraImage capturing device
cheesy · wide · beaming · dazzling · flashing · show · display · exaggerated
Presentation for viewing
- submissionYielding to another's will
- primateHigher mammal order member
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- wolfWild pack canine
dog · baboon · macaque · communication · hierarchy · signal · instinct · behavior
snarl
Hostile vocal threat
intimidation · warning · hostility · fangs · menace · attack · defensive · territorial · predator · canine
grin
Broad, toothy smile
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- photogenicAttractive when captured
camera · cheesy · wide · beaming · dazzling · flashing · show · display · exaggerated · fake
display
Presentation for viewing
- submissionYielding to another's will
- primateHigher mammal order member
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
wolf · dog · baboon · macaque · communication · hierarchy · signal · instinct · behavior · pack
teeth-baringsubmissive posture
Body position showing subordination
cowering · appeasing · non-threatening · disarming · submissive
teeth-baringpoker-faced
Showing no emotion
impassive · expressionless · stone-faced · deadpan · inscrutable
teeth, toothed, toothless, toothy, toothlike, bare, baring, bareness, barely