wry face
noun
1 wry face
A disdainful grimace.
synonyms: moue, pout.
Roget 846:
ugliness
etc.
adj.;
deformity,
inelegance;
acomia†;
disfigurement
etc.
(blemish)
848;
want of symmetry,
inconcinnity†;
distortion
etc.
243;
squalor
etc.
(uncleanness)
653.
forbidding countenance,
vinegar aspect,
hanging look,
wry face,
spretae injuria formae"
[Vergil].
[person who is ugly]
eyesore,
object,
witch,
hag,
figure,
sight,
fright;
monster;
dog [Coll.],
woofer [Coll.],
pig [Coll.];
octopus,
specter,
scarecrow,
harridan†,
satyr†,
toad,
monkey,
baboon,
Caliban,
Aesop†,
monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum [Lat.]
[Vergil].
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