Grimace vs. Smirk

Grimacenoun

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

Grimaceverb

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Grimacenoun

A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

Grimaceverb

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Grimacenoun

a contorted facial expression;

Grimaceverb

contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state;

Grimacenoun

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement

Grimaceverb

make a grimace

Smirknoun

an uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful

Smirknoun

a forced or affected smile; a simper

Smirkverb

To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

Smirkadjective

(obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering

Smirkverb

To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.

Smirknoun

A forced or affected smile; a simper.

Smirkadjective

Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering.

Smirknoun

a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure

Smirkverb

smile affectedly or derisively

Smirkverb

smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way

Smirknoun

a smug, conceited, or silly smile

Smirk

A smirk is a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness, falling into the category of what Desmond Morris described as Deformed-compliment Signals.A smirk may also be an affected, ingratiating smile, as in Mr Bennet's description of Mr Wickham as making smirking love to all his new in-laws in the novel Pride and Prejudice.