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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bad face" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's facial expression that conveys displeasure, anger, or disapproval.
Example: "When she heard the news, she made a bad face that showed her disappointment."
Alternatives: "an unpleasant expression" or "a grimace".
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"I'm not going to put on a bad face.
"We always see a bad face of Pakistan through the media.
But when the government of Bashir does that, the west says: 'Oh, that is Islam.' It presents a bad face of Islam". But one phone call from within the country touched her most.
When Paul Theroux visited Belfast in the early 1980s, he knew at once that it was an awful city: "It had a bad face - mouldering buildings, tough-looking people, a visible smell, too many fences".
In Minnesota on Saturday, he tried a self-deprecating reference to the first debate, saying, "After listening to his litany of complaints and his dour pessimism, it was all I could do not to make a bad face".
It was a bad face day.
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By 1928, she was older, and stooped, and had had a bad face-lift.
She likes to emphasize what she is saying with big gestures: eyes horror-show wide in this case, and face pulled tight with her hands to show the perils of a bad face-lift.
But if you are staring at someone because they've had a bad face-lift, that's not so nice.
"Whoa, Galahad you've got a bad case of knight face".
If it's an extremely bad face injury, make sure you always go to the ER/A&E as soon as possible.
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