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trollface

trollface noun: an ugly, unpleasant, or otherwise objectionable person.

Noun

trollface (plural trollfaces)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An ugly, unpleasant, or otherwise objectionable person.
    • You brought them home, old trollface, but you did it your own way, not mine.1985, Byrna Barclay, The Last Echo, NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 32
    • "Hi, dollface," he said to me.
      "Hi, trollface," Tracy answered for both of us.1992, Susan Wojciechowski, Promises to Keep, Knopf, →ISBN, page 3

Proper noun (1)

trollface

  1. (Internet) An illustration of a face with a cartoonishly wide, maniacal grin (from a comic drawn by Carlos Ramirez and originally posted on the 4chan community), typically featured in image macros to convey trolling, mockery, or humorous intent.
    • Geek revelers. This is a very rare antagonism. Maybe it doesn't even exist. But if it exists, Gigablog leaves here a fantasy tip. Carnatroll is a mask with the face of the most famous meme on the internet, the Trollface.2011 February 28, “‘Troll Face’ mask promises to delight geek partygoers”, in Uol News, Rodrigo Vitulli
    • Thanks to the Trollface meme, those with a secret affinity for the hilarious ways of trolling now have a figure to worship.2011 March 24, “Land of a million memes”, in The Gateway, volume 101, number 42, University of Alberta, page 18

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Trollface

Trollface

  1. Alternative letter-case form of trollface.

Examples of trollface in a sentence

  • Trollface has some horror lined up for me, too.2014, Holly Hook, Torn, unnumbered page:
  • People took trollface and pasted it into other comics, whenever a character was either being a pest or generally annoying people.2012, Sean Rockey & Alexander Bevier, "Memes", The Current (Green River Community College), Volume 46, Issue 10, 7 May 2012, page 9
  • The trollface is a visual representation of what someone might look like when engaging in trolling.2013, Roger Whitson, Jason Whittaker, William Blake and the Digital Humanities: Collaboration, Participation, and Social Media, Routledge...

Forms of trollface

Noun
pluraltrollfaces
Proper noun
alternative formTrollface

Origin of trollface

Compound of troll (“grotesque creature which lives in hills or under bridges”) + face.

Compound of troll (“person who provokes others for personal amusement or to cause disruption”) + face.

Questions about trollface

What does trollface mean?
Trollface means an ugly, unpleasant, or otherwise objectionable person.
How do you use trollface in a sentence?
Trollface has some horror lined up for me, too.
What part of speech is trollface?
Trollface can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of trollface?
The plural of trollface is trollfaces.

Words near trollface in the dictionary

  1. trolleyologists
  2. trolleyology
  3. trolleys
  4. trolleys off
  5. trolleysful
  6. trollface
  7. trollfaces
  8. trollfed
  9. trollfeed
  10. trollfeeder
  11. trollfeeding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trollface (page history and authors); Trollface (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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