wry face

1. 1.

   a disdainful grimace

   Synonymspoutmoue

   Broadergrimace

Questions about wry face

What does wry face mean?

wry face means "a disdainful grimace".

What is another word for wry face?

Close synonyms include pout, moue. 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 wry face a common word?

wry face is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.