facial expression

Definitions

A particular configuration of the facial muscles that conveys certain emotions or intentions.

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Examples

“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.”

“The sullen clerk there did not return⟳ my greetings or my farewell, did not say⟳ a word, and did not show⟳ a single facial expression except irritation that I had interrupted his customerless routine.”

“2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight⟳ for Survival., National Geographic (March⟳ 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Facial expressions convey moods: Ritualized yawning—which starts with an oval mouth that breaks into a gaping one as the animal flings its head back—suggests tension.”

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