baby-faced
/ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/
baby-faced adjective: having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.
Adjective
baby-faced (comparative more baby-faced or (rare) babier-faced, superlative most baby-faced or (rare) babiest-faced)
- Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.
- Michelle was of the opinion that all the best con artists were baby-faced, since that inspires trust in others.
- [David] Caruso’s at his best in control of things as an island of calm fury. Here, looking like a babier-faced Alan Ladd, he’s hardly in charge even of his own destiny as an ex-petty thief who, forced by a cousin to do one more run, is caught, jailed, loses his wife in a car crash, and suffers the...1995, David Quinlan, “Kiss of Death”, in TV Times Film & Video Guide 1996, London: Mandarin Paperbacks, →ISBN, pages 397–398
- Synonyms:
- fresh-faced, juvenile, youngsome
Synonyms of baby-faced
Forms of baby-faced
| comparative | more baby-faced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most baby-faced |
| alternative form | babyfaced |
| alternative form | baby faced |
| comparative (rare) | babier-faced |
| superlative (rare) | babiest-faced |
Questions about baby-faced
- What does baby-faced mean?
- Baby-faced means having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.
- What part of speech is baby-faced?
- Baby-faced is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce baby-faced?
- Baby-faced is pronounced /ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/.
Words near baby-faced in the dictionary
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