Third person singular present tense of grimace; makes a facial expression showing pain or disapproval.
From French grimacer. The -es ending marks third person singular in modern English (he/she/it grimaces).
Your face actually grimaces involuntarily when you feel pain even in the dark—it's a reflex so deep that evolution kept it for survival signaling, not because anyone's watching.
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