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APPEARANCE - FACIAL EXPRESSIONS - PART ONE

beam, noun

a wide and happy smile

beam, verb

to have a big happy smile on your face

blush, verb

to become red in the face because you are embarrassed due to shame, modesty or confusion

blush, noun

the red colour that spreads over one’s face due to embarrassment

countenance

a person’s look or their expression

downcast

depressed or low in spirit

expression

a look on a person’s face that shows their thoughts or feelings

frown, verb

to give evidence of displeasure or disapproval by bringing eyebrows close together

frown, noun

an angry or worried expression on a person’s face

girn, verb

to deliberately pull your face into a silly or unpleasant shape('Girn' began as a spelling variant of 'grin', but quickly took on a meaning of its own)

glazed

showing no feeling or emotion and marked by lack of expression

glower

to look in an angry, aggressive way to show annoyance or displeasure

grimace, verb

to make a disagreeable expression with one’s face to show pain, or hatred

grimace,noun

an ugly expression made by twisting your face, usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain

grin

a broad smile

gurn, verb

intentionally twist one’s face into a silly or offensive manner

hangdog

look sad or remorseful

leer, verb

to look or smile at somebody in a way that shows an immoral, evil or sexual interest explicitly

leer , noun

an appalling look or smile that shows somebody is interested in a person in an evil way