Usually means: Fixed, gaping grin or expression.
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  1. rictus: Merriam-Webster
  2. rictus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rictus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rictus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rictus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rictus, rictus: Wordnik
  7. rictus: Wiktionary
  8. rictus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rictus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rictus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Rictus, rictus: Dictionary.com
  12. Rictus (bicosoecid), Rictus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Rictus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. rictus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. rictus: Rhymezone
  16. Rictus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. rictus: FreeDictionary.org
  18. rictus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. rictus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. rictus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rictus: Encyclopedia

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  1. rictus: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rictus)

▸ noun:  A bird’s gaping mouth.
▸ noun:  The throat of a calyx.
▸ noun:  Any open-mouthed expression.

Similar:
gaping, risus sardonicus, rattletrap, frounce, quork, rag-box, mouthing, coprophagous grin, gabbleratchet, grin, more...

Opposite:
relaxed, calm, serene, peaceful, tranquil

Types:
death rictus, Buddhrictus, cadaveric spasm, lockjaw, more...

Adjectives:
perpetual, painful, frozen, horrible, ghastly, permanent, terrible, wide, strange, bitter, hideous

Colors:
    black,     gray,     crimson,     blood red,     dark purple, more...



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Similar:
gaping, risus sardonicus, rattletrap, frounce, quork, rag-box, mouthing, coprophagous grin, gabbleratchet, grin, more...

Opposite:
relaxed, calm, serene, peaceful, tranquil

Types:
death rictus, Buddhrictus, cadaveric spasm, lockjaw, more...

Adjectives:
perpetual, painful, frozen, horrible, ghastly, permanent, terrible, wide, strange, bitter, hideous

Colors:
    black,     gray,     crimson,     blood red,     dark purple, more...



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