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sour-faced

sour-faced adjective: having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression.

Adjective

sour-faced (comparative more sour-faced, superlative most sour-faced)

  1. (figuratively) having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression
    • A sour-faced knaue.1843 [1589], Martin Marprelate, edited by John Petheram, An Epitome of the First Book of Martin Marprelate's Epitome, London: John Russell Smith, page 28
    • Not even Hendrik was sour-faced a day after.1883, John Mackenzie, Day-Dawn in Dark Places: A Story of Wanderings and Work in Bechuanaland, London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, page 78

Forms of sour-faced

comparativemore sour-faced
superlativemost sour-faced

Origin of sour-faced

See sour. First attested in the 16th century.

Questions about sour-faced

What does sour-faced mean?
Sour-faced means having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression.
What part of speech is sour-faced?
Sour-faced is an adjective.

Words near sour-faced in the dictionary

  1. sour tooths
  2. sour worm
  3. sour worms
  4. sour-dough
  5. sour-doughs
  6. sour-faced
  7. sour-sop
  8. sour-sops
  9. sour-sweet
  10. Sourashtra
  11. Sourashtras

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