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Communication

Synonyms for grimace

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCommunication

a contorted facial expression

She made a grimace at the prospect.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

face

Same sentence, swapped: She made a face at the prospect.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for grimace as it is used in the sentence above.

  • snarl
  • gape
  • wink

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