"facial expression" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: facial expressions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} facial expression (plural facial expressions)
  1. The expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person or animal's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles. Wikipedia link: facial expression Categories (topical): Nonverbal communication Synonyms: expression, face, facial expression, look, mien Holonyms: body language, countenance, guise Meronyms: eye, eyebrow, mouth Related terms: :Category:Facial expressions Translations (expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person's face): դիմախաղ (dimaxaġ) (Armenian), ansigtsudtryk [neuter] (Danish), gezichtsuitdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), gelaatsuitdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), mieno (Esperanto), ilme (Finnish), expresión facial [feminine] (Galician), Gesichtsausdruck [masculine] (German), Miene [feminine] (German), arckifejezés (Hungarian), svipur [masculine] (Icelandic), espressione facciale [feminine] (Italian), ansiktsuttrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), andletsuttrykk (Norwegian Nynorsk), ansiktsuttrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mina [feminine] (Polish), wyraz twarzy (Polish), выраже́ние лица́ (vyražénije licá) [neuter] (Russian), min [common-gender] (Swedish), ansiktsuttryck [neuter] (Swedish), yüz ifadesi (Turkish), ви́раз обли́ччя (výraz oblýččja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-facial_expression-en-noun-ImeND9Ip Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Hyponyms: frown, fuck face, game face, grimace, grin, gurn, long face, poker face, pout, puppy dog eyes, rictus, smile, sneer, squint, straight face, wink

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