rictus
noun[C]
uk/ˈrɪk.təs/us/ˈrɪk.təs/anexpressionin which someoneshowstheirteethin asmile, butlooksstrangeor inpainratherthanlookinghappyandrelaxed:
龇牙咧嘴When Imentionedhername, hiswidesmilestiffenedinto a rictus.当我提起她的名字时,他的微笑变得僵硬起来,成了龇牙咧嘴。
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smilesidiom
- be in convulsionsidiom
- be rolling in the aislesidiom
- be wreathed in smilesidiom
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughteridiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- quake
- say cheeseidiom
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- stitch
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