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long-faced

long-faced adjective: displaying sadness.

Adjective

long-faced

  1. Displaying sadness.
    • He was long-faced so we knew she'd turned down his proposal.
    • "[…] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout."1916, James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour
  2. (literally) Having a long face.
    • The majority did not give forth very flattering portraits of him, certainly; nor were they by any means unanimous in their reflections; as some made him very long-faced, others very broad-faced, some tolerably well-looking, others vastly ill-looking, according to their several manners of...1846, Charles Dickens, The Battle of Life
    • “Aha!” he cried. “So he has found the extra coffee-cup. That is good. He has more intelligence than would appear, this long-faced Monsieur Lawrence of yours!”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 145

Forms of long-faced

alternative formlongfaced

Origin of long-faced

From long face + -ed.

Phrases with long-faced

Questions about long-faced

What does long-faced mean?
Long-faced means displaying sadness.
What part of speech is long-faced?
Long-faced is an adjective.

Words near long-faced in the dictionary

  1. long-eared owls
  2. long-earedness
  3. long-established
  4. Long-Evans rat
  5. Long-Evans rats
  6. long-faced
  7. long-faced miner bee
  8. long-faced miner bees
  9. long-felt
  10. long-fingered frog
  11. long-fingered frogs

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