screwface

screwface

English

Etymology

screw +‎ face

Noun

screwface (plural screwfaces)

1. (slang) A contorted facial expression made out of anger or frustration.
   • 2005, Tracy M. Bush, A Blues for Mary, Lulu.com (2005), →ISBN, page 134:

     “Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”

   • 2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse (2011), →ISBN, page 38:

     She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.

   • 2014, George Vecsey, Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer, Times Books (2014), →ISBN, page 249:

     Klinsmann had to know from observing the cranky screwface Dempsey displayed in public that this was no moonbeam of a player.

Synonyms

• grimace