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Description of facial expression

I am looking for an apt description of the expression on this child's face:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/Maestro 50/baby.jpg

I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it? Disgust?

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jpg I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it?

  • jpg I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl.
  • "Unhappy" is too generic.
  • What is it?
  • [/nq] It looks like the baby has just been fed something extremely sour.
  • But I can't think of a single word to describe it.
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[nq:1]I am looking for an apt description of the expression on this child's face: http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/Maestro 50/baby.jpg I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it? Disgust?[/nq]
It looks like the baby has just been fed som
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[nq:1]I am looking for an apt description of the expression on this child's face: http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/Maestro 50/baby.jpg I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it? Disgust?[/nq]
Distaste?
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[nq:1]I am looking for an apt description of the expression on this child's face: http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/Maestro 50/baby.jpg I don't think it is a pout, nor a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it? Disgust?[/nq]
A grimace?
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[nq:1]A grimace?[/nq]
Looking at that face again I get the impression that the baby is crying or about to cry, suffering some discomfort or pain.

I didn't want you to get distracted but now I give you the full picture from which that face was cut out:
http://i152.photobucke
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[nq:2]I am looking for an apt description of the expression ... a scowl. "Unhappy" is too generic. What is it? Disgust?[/nq]
[nq:1]Distaste?[/nq]
The expression appears to be a "grimace":
http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/grimace?view=uk

grimace
noun an ugly, twisted expression on a person's
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[nq:2]Distaste?[/nq]
[nq:1]The expression appears to be a "grimace": http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/grimace?view=uk grimace[/nq]
That's it. But as the OP asks further on, why?
[nq:1]noun an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. In this case I think the
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[nq:1]It looks like the baby has just been fed something extremely sour. But I can't think of a single word to describe it.[/nq]
I see that photobucket has blocked the full photo to which I linked. Better so, perhaps, as it would distract from the child's face, which is all that I am concerned about.
I have received another suggestion: constipation. Of course, constipation is not a descrip
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[nq:2]It looks like the baby has just been fed something extremely sour. But I can't think of a single word to describe it.[/nq]
[nq:1]I see that photobucket has blocked the full photo to which I linked. Better so, perhaps, as it would distract ... speculate about the cause of this grimace hundreds of years hence, like people do today about Mona Lisa's smile?
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At 03:02:25 on Fri, 12 Oct 2007, (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]I have received another suggestion: constipation. Of course, constipation is not a description for a facial expression but I can easily imagine a constipated child, sitting on the pot and squeezing hard, making that face.[/nq]
I don't think a child of that age would squeeze and strain that hard, not being old
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[nq:2]It looks like the baby has just been fed something extremely sour. But I can't think of a single word to describe it.[/nq]
[nq:1]I see that photobucket has blocked the full photo to which I linked. Better so, perhaps, as it would distract from the child's face, which is all that I am concerned about.[/nq]
I react differently to this removal of the full picture.

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