rictus

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

a gaping grimace

Rictus in a sentence

His face was a rictus of sheer delight.

Amid a thick, bristling beard, a nose like an owl's beak and a mouth whose corners were drawn by a wild-beast-like rictus were just discernible.

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