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long-faced

[ lawng-feyst, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋˈfeɪst, ˈlɒŋ- /

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adjective

having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.

having a face longer than the usual.

Origin of long-faced

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby long-faced

long-day, long-day plant, long-distance, long-drawn-out, long-eared owl, long-faced, long-form, long-haul, long-headed, long-horned beetle, long-horned grasshopper

Example sentences from the Web for long-faced

It did not enter into my calculations that Val would fall madly in love with that long-faced fellow.

A Life For a Love |L. T. Meade
The Scotch are healthy and robust, unlike the long-faced, sickly-looking Americans.

Three Years in Europe |William Wells Brown
Here these long-faced, pious hypocrites were in clover, as a reward for their professed re-embracing Christianity.

Gipsy Life |George Smith
There were no ladies present except Speranski's little daughter (long-faced like her father) and her governess.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy

He had a most remarkable aspect, an exceeding high forehead, long-faced, and sour-eyelidded.

Kenilworth |Sir Walter Scott