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Facial expression   /fˈeɪʃəl ɪksprˈɛʃən/   Listen
Facial expression

noun
1.
A gesture executed with the facial muscles.  Synonym: facial gesture.
2.
The feelings expressed on a person's face.  Synonyms: aspect, expression, face, look.  "A look of triumph" , "An angry face"






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"Facial expression" Quotes from Famous Books



... to build even the outside of a house. You not only influence your fellow-men, but reveal your own character; for houses have a facial expression as marked as that of human beings, often strangely like their owners, and, in most cases, far more lasting. Some destroy your faith in human nature, and give you an ague chill when you pass them; others look impudently defiant, while many make ...
— Homes And How To Make Them • Eugene Gardner

... detached slips of paper and dropped successively into his hat as each milestone was attained. As compared with his illustrious rival Gladstone, he was very sparing of gesture, depending partly on facial expression, still more on the modulations of his voice, to give life to the words which he uttered. His reading had formed his diction, his constant speaking had taught him readiness, and his study of great questions at ...
— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore



Words linked to "Facial expression" :   wink, light, sparkle, twinkle, smile, leer, expression, straight face, frown, gape, grimace, laugh, scowl, grinning, grin, wince, emoticon, smiling, gesture, spark, motion, snarl, visage, countenance



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