frown
/ˈfɹaʊn/
nounan expression on the face in which the eyebrows are brought together in a way that causes lines above the eyes, which shows anger, worry, or disapproval
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1. Doctor Keene frowned.
2. Turning the frown upside down.
3. But the girl frowned.
4. Who frowned?
5. Warren Buffett frowned.
glare
/ˈɡɫɛɹ/
nouna steady and sharp stare that conveys anger, disapproval, or hostility
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1. He glares.
2. The downside of the white paint is all that glare.
3. A nice warm cozy box for your cat to glare at you out of!
4. Adopt an angry glare.
5. The glare from the snow can hurt your eyes.
grimace
/ˈɡɹɪməs/
nouna twisted facial expression indicating pain, disgust or disapproval
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1. He is grimacing.
2. We need a straight answer, Grimace.
3. - Grimace, I mean Caleb.
4. This grimace isn't aggression from mohawk.
5. My camera operator is grimacing at the state of my pasty.
long face
/lˈɑːŋ fˈeɪs/
nouna disappointed or sad facial expression
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scowl
/ˈskaʊɫ/
nouna sullen or angry frown signifying displeasure
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1. When you stop scowling.
2. He's got to kind of near-permanent scowl on his face.
3. Your face only has two modes, angry scowl or meatloaf that's been in the oven for too long.
4. At the beginning of our hour together, Justice Scalia stood scowling next to a small lectern.
5. She scowled at me, but then that turned to a smug smile.
side-eye
/sˈaɪdˈaɪ/
nouna sidelong glance or look given to someone, often indicating suspicion, disapproval, or contempt
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1. Yep, last night's debate was an epic battle between side-eye and red-eye.
2. Well, not even the plexiglass could contain that strong side-eye that Kamala Harris was giving the vice president.
3. So they're gonna give you a little side-eye.
4. - I could honestly watch Carla side-eye Ina Garten forever.
5. She's like side-eyeing you right now.
wink
/ˈwɪŋk/
nounthe act of opening and closing one eye quickly once as a sign of affection, greeting, etc.
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1. He winked!
2. He winked.
3. - What percentage of people wink primarily with their left eyes?
4. Give a wink.
5. Winked at Kelsea down there.
blush
/ˈbɫəʃ/
nounthe rush of blood to the face signifying embarrassment, modesty or confusion
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1. She blushes.
2. In fashion, blush is in.
3. The woman blushes.
4. Apply blush with a light touch.
5. Next up is blush time.
flushed
/ˈfɫəʃt/
adjective(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
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1. - You guys are so flushed with cash, two of you were gonna go to the bank just to block me?
2. So your heart starts beating, your face might feel flushed, you might start sweating a lot.
3. Boule de Suif flushed crimson to the ears, and the three married women felt unutterably humiliated at being met thus by the soldier in company with the girl whom he had treated with such scant ceremony.
4. Feeling flushed?
5. The bluish red cast of your hair will make your skin pop instead of looking flushed or ruddy.
to glow
/ˈɡɫoʊ/
verb(of a person's face) to look lively and healthy, specifically as a result of training and exercising
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1. Some species do glow.
2. Powerlines and microwaves will glow!
3. The reviews were glowing.
4. Glowing skin.
5. - Glow.
to pale
/ˈpeɪɫ/
verbto become or make someone's skin or complexion appear lighter in color, often due to shock, fear, illness, or lack of sun exposure
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1. Gertrude’s face was pale.
2. Paling in comparison to President Obama's.
3. The crust is still pretty pale.
4. Her skin is pale.
5. Sick monkeys develop pale faces.
to crease
/ˈkɹis/
verbto cause a wrinkle or indentation on a surface
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1. They have proper creases.
2. Our penultimate problem today, number 13, is creases on the vamp of your shoe.
3. Really getting that crease
4. What's my crease?
5. And creases.
to crumple
/ˈkɹəmpəɫ/
verbto wrinkle or collapse the face due to intense emotions or age-related changes
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1. - Her face crumples.
2. The bottom of it just crumpled up the escalator steps.
3. The second flare simply crumpled in his hands.
4. I was crumpled.
5. The second flare simply crumpled in his hands.
to furrow
/ˈfɝoʊ/
verbto cause wrinkles or lines to appear on the skin as a sign of worry, confusion, or concentration
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1. And her eyebrows furrow expatiating the point.
2. His brow is furrowed.
3. Or I may have, like, furrowed my brow.
4. Their brow is furrowed.
5. His brow was furrowed.
to bug out
/bˈʌɡ ˈaʊt/
verbto suddenly widen one's eyes in a startled or surprised expression, often giving the impression of bulging or protruding eyes
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to glower
/ˈɡɫaʊɝ/
verbto look or stare at someone angrily
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1. When bin Salman toured a Houston neighborhood earlier this year, we discovered that Mutreb was with him, a glowering figure in the background.
2. So this monster with its huge fans, RGB lighting and the glowering Republic of Gamers eyeball is kind of overkill for a guy like me.
3. Henry VIII on the packet glowering out as you had your potato chips.
4. (laughs) - Stop glowering at me, for God's sake.
5. We went to the trouble, somebody, to have a cardboard cutout of Jordan put in the crowd to glower at me.
to grimace
/ˈɡɹɪməs/
verbto twist our face in an ugly way because of pain, strong dislike, etc., or when trying to be funny
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1. He is grimacing.
2. We need a straight answer, Grimace.
3. - Grimace, I mean Caleb.
4. This grimace isn't aggression from mohawk.
5. My camera operator is grimacing at the state of my pasty.
to lower
/ˈɫoʊɝ/
verbto drop one's eyebrows, chin, or gaze to express sadness, disapproval, or shame, or to show less intensity or hostility in a facial expression
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1. Lower your voice--
2. Any detergent lowers the virus.
3. Here the researchers lower the highly sensitive microphones into the water.
4. Lower your voice.
5. First of all, lower your standards.
to pout
/ˈpaʊt/
verbto push out one's lips as an expression of displeasure, anger, or sadness
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1. Zack, who arranged this, pouts.
2. Look at his little pout.
3. Pouts watch the first prop live in Burlington house toad.
4. I’ll just pout a glass.
5. And the classic duck-face pout is the icing on this extremely tacky cake.
to purse
/ˈpɝs/
verbto pucker or tighten one's lips together to express disapproval or concentration
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1. No purses returned.
2. Hold up your purse.
3. Got my purse.
4. Hey, at least your shoes match your purse!
5. and a lady clenched her purse.
to scowl
/ˈskaʊɫ/
verbto frown in a sullen or angry way
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1. When you stop scowling.
2. He's got to kind of near-permanent scowl on his face.
3. Your face only has two modes, angry scowl or meatloaf that's been in the oven for too long.
4. At the beginning of our hour together, Justice Scalia stood scowling next to a small lectern.
5. She scowled at me, but then that turned to a smug smile.
to sulk
/ˈsəɫk/
verbto be in a bad mood and to remain silent and resentful due to feeling upset, angry, or disappointed
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1. The loser scurries off and sulks.
2. He sulked for a week and then closed his detective agency.
3. Firstly: we might sulk.
4. A sulk typically starts over a disappointment.
5. - Do you wage emotional warfare, sulk?
to wince
/ˈwɪns/
verbto show a facial expression that signifies shame or pain
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1. If I tap this boy's hand, is he wincing?
2. Is he not wincing?
3. No, no, takes another hit and winces.
4. She doesn't wince.
5. He winced!
smile
/ˈsmaɪɫ/
nounan expression in which our mouth curves upwards, when we are being friendly or are happy or amused
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1. They smile a lot.
2. Her mouth is smiling.
3. He has got a big smile on his face.
4. The next day, all three children are smiling.
5. They smiled at the camera and they looked very happy.
grin
/ˈɡɹɪn/
nouna broad smile that reveals the teeth
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1. A mad man grins at you.
2. I grinned.
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4. And she grinned.
5. Well, grins count.
beam
/ˈbim/
nouna wide and joyful smile
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1. Breaking beams.
2. Beams, beams are cool.
3. Beams, beams are cool.
4. I hated beam, always.
5. 'beam' turns to 'bean'.
sneer
/ˈsnɪɹ/
nouna smile or remark directed at someone as a sign of mockery or disrespect
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1. He sneers.
2. You sneered, and understandably.
3. sneered Soapy, adding insult to petit larceny.
4. Were you sneering at me?
5. Were you sneering at me?
smirk
/ˈsmɝk/
nouna silly, unpleasant, or mocking smile
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1. When Faulke launched their 10-pair run of limited edition socks, the world collectively smirked.
2. Now I'm seeing lots of smirks out there.
3. I'm smirking.
4. Got the smirk.
5. It's that smirk. -
simper
/ˈsɪmpɝ/
nouna coy or silly smile or mannerism that is intended to be charming or flirtatious
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1. Simpering fool is Doom.
2. Simpering fool is definitely Victor.
3. - You're a simper.
bleak
/ˈbɫik/
adjectivehaving a facial expression that is emotionless, suggesting sadness, depression, or hopelessness
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1. Of course, not every example of architectural storytelling is quite so bleak.
2. Things looked bleak.
3. The situation looks bleak.
4. The data is bleak.
5. Times are pretty bleak.
glazed
/ˈɡɫeɪzd/
adjective(of eyes or facial expression) lacking interest and showing no emotion
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1. All right, try the glazed side.
2. Click here for the recipe, here for more glazed desserts.
3. And the trickiest part is transferring that slab of beautiful glazed meat onto a nice bun.
4. And the trickiest part is transferring that slab of beautiful glazed meat onto a nice bun.
5. Give a glazed earthenware pot filled with plants or flowers.
wry
/ˈɹaɪ/
adjectivetwisted or distorted, often indicating dry or mocking humor.
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1. His father nodded with a wry smile and replied . . .
2. Actor John Larroquette's wry demeanor and dry delivery kept Dan from being a one-note lech, partly because the scripts know when Dan is more pathetic than smooth.
3. Ripe friendship served on wry banter accompanied by a side serving of affectionate teasing.
4. Perhaps that remarkably thin wrist with the leather band around it really does belong to someone who is skeptical, alternative, delicate, intelligent, wry.
5. I saw my geometry teacher in high school, Mr. Rucell's wry smile under his handlebar mustache.
worried
/ˈwɝid/
adjectivefeeling unhappy and afraid because of something that has happened or might happen
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1. Saladin's treasurers were worried.
2. The crowd was worried.
3. People are worried.
4. The engineer in me is worried!
5. -Somebody was worried.
wild-eyed
/wˈaɪldˈaɪd/
adjectivedescribing a person who looks frightened or crazy due to their unfocused gaze
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1. Could he really be so bad as the crazed, wild-eyed caricature of popular history?
2. Why is he talking like a wild-eyed frontiersman.
3. If Joe Biden doesn't have the strength to stand up to wild-eyed Marxists, like Bernie Sanders and his fellow radicals, and there are many, there are many, many, we see 'em all the time.
4. A wild-eyed Tommy bursts in and shoots the assassin, and then storms back into the arena to furiously announce that Arthur is no more.
5. You're a wild-eyed optimist.
unblinking
/ʌnblˈɪŋkɪŋ/
adjectivenot blinking one's eyes, often indicating intense concentration, focus, or a lack of emotion
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1. While he rarely raises his voice, he commands every scene he's in, and with his unblinking eyes and perfect posture, he totally unnerves audiences.
2. I make long unblinking eye contact with everybody on set, especially in Ellen's house.
3. Their frozen childlike expressions and unblinking eyes have sparked more than a few nightmares, haunting people's dreams from childhood into adulthood.
4. She stared with unblinking, fascinated eyes up the road where he was expected to appear, walking freely, with a swing from the hip, and humming one of the love-tunes of his country.
5. Giant, almond-shaped, unblinking eyes?
wince
/ˈwɪns/
nouna facial expression that shows shame or sudden pain
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1. If I tap this boy's hand, is he wincing?
2. Is he not wincing?
3. No, no, takes another hit and winces.
4. She doesn't wince.
5. He winced!
to beam
/ˈbim/
verbto show an emotion with a joyful smile
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1. Breaking beams.
2. Beams, beams are cool.
3. Beams, beams are cool.
4. I hated beam, always.
5. 'beam' turns to 'bean'.
to sneer
/ˈsnɪɹ/
verbto smile or speak in a way that suggests mockery or disrespect toward someone
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1. He sneers.
2. You sneered, and understandably.
3. sneered Soapy, adding insult to petit larceny.
4. Were you sneering at me?
5. Were you sneering at me?
to smirk
/ˈsmɝk/
verbto smile in a silly and unpleasant way, indicating a high opinion of oneself
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1. When Faulke launched their 10-pair run of limited edition socks, the world collectively smirked.
2. Now I'm seeing lots of smirks out there.
3. I'm smirking.
4. Got the smirk.
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