facial expression

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facial expression

noun facial expressions

  1. countable, uncountable configuration of the facial muscles that conveys certain emotions or intentions. But the yokel, being a yokel, was not good at the reading of facial expression, and only knew that a remarkably fine woman had gone by smiling.

    Similar: expression, face, facial expression, look, mien

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noun expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person's face

Españolmueca, mohín
Portuguêsexpressão facial
DeutschGesichtsausdruck, Miene
Italianoespressione facciale
Русскийвыраже́ние лица́ vyražénije licá, ми́мика mímika
Tiếng Việtthần thái

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@misc{facial_expression_2026,
  title = {facial expression},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facial%20expression},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}