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rictus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gape |
Examples of rictus
rictus
The smile on Kallasvuo's face while handing over the baton to Elop was more like a rictus.
From the guardian.co.uk
That's not because I'm so pure, just that I don't like that rictus smile.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's taken to wearing a rictus grin as he staggers forward in pursuit of Murray's dropshots.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Teja stood very still in a corner of the living room, her face fixed in a rictus of surprise.
From the theatlantic.com
His face was set in a rictus of death that was somewhat like a smile.
From the economist.com
Bridget encourages me to sing with a relaxed smile in my voice, and a manic rictus on my face.
From the independent.co.uk
Not everyone wants to have so much plastic surgery they have a permanent rictus on their faces.
From the guardian.co.uk
Walter's default facial expression is a rictus of angst, while Cranston's is a mischievous smile.
From the nytimes.com
Her face a skull and hair blowing in the wind, she faced the road with a look of demonic rictus.
From the nytimes.com
- A gaping grimace
- A bird's gaping mouth; Any open-mouthed expression
- The expanse of an open mouth, a bird's beak, or similar structure.
- This is the corner of the mouth in mammals and of the beak in birds. Fleshy pads are located in the rictal area of caique chicks and touching them elicits a feeding response. I have noticed that these pads tend to be larger for parent reared-birds than for hand-reared birds.
- The corner of the mouth; the juncture of the upper and lower lips.
