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.
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Facial expression
Synonyms for "facial expression" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
Noun(9 words)
expressionfacefacial gesturehuman expressionlookphizphysiognomiesuncontrolled expressionvisual expression
Adjective(4 words)
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10 entriesappearancecountenancedata typegesturemeasurement methodmotionnonverbal communicationnonverbal cuevisagevisual feature
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9 entriesCollocations
8 entriesfacial expression analysisfacial expression codingfacial expression cuesfacial expression datafacial expression datasetfacial expression monitoringfacial expression recognitionneutral facial expression
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3 entriesfacial expressionsmore facial-expressionmost facial-expression
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3 entriesSample sentences
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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.
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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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