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Wry face   /raɪ feɪs/   Listen
Wry face

noun
1.
A disdainful grimace.  Synonyms: moue, pout.






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"Wry face" Quotes from Famous Books



... goblet, walked apart a few paces, and, making a wry face, heroically swallowed the bitter draught, after which Mrs. Savine, who ...
— Thurston of Orchard Valley • Harold Bindloss

... here, Daddy." Dick made a wry face as he bravely pressed his hand on the lower part of his right side. ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben

... of his last glass with a wry face, and walked unsteadily to the door. Colliding with a man on the sidewalk, he regained his poise by leaning heavily against a ...
— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

... 'Tunder and turf!' says I, preparing to descend, and give the scoundrels a taste of my blackthorn all round. 'Whist! be aisy now, MICKY,' says the Ambassador to me, in what is, betune ourselves, his own native tongue; and with that he picks up the loaf, sniffs at it, makes a wry face ('it's a rye loaf,' says I), and then says he, out loud, with a supercilious look, 'Ill-bred!' Begorra, there was a whoop o' delight went up all round, which same was a sign of their purliteness, as divil a one of the ignoramuses could onderstand a wurrd the Court said in English ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 11, 1891 • Various

... are not so good as they used to be," said Loki, making a very wry face. "Why don't you fill your box with ...
— Hero Tales • James Baldwin


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