make a face

Questions about make a face

What does make a face mean?

make a face means "contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state".

What is another word for make a face?

Close synonyms include grimace, pull a face. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make a face a common word?

make a face is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.