moon-faced
moon-faced adjective: having a round or moon-shaped face.
Adjective
moon-faced (comparative more moon-faced, superlative most moon-faced)
- Having a round or moon-shaped face.
- “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes! But there’s worse than that.”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 127
- The creased moon-faced Chinese grinned above his glass of beer[.]1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 233
- Synonyms:
- pie-faced
Synonyms of moon-faced
Forms of moon-faced
| comparative | more moon-faced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most moon-faced |
| alternative form | moonfaced |
Questions about moon-faced
- What does moon-faced mean?
- Moon-faced means having a round or moon-shaped face.
- What part of speech is moon-faced?
- Moon-faced is an adjective.
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