long-faced

English

Alternative forms

  • longfaced

Etymology

From long face +‎ -ed.

Adjective

long-faced

  1. Displaying sadness.
    He was long-faced so we knew she'd turned down his proposal.
    • 1916, James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour‎[1]:
      " […] 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."
  2. (literally) Having a long face.
    • 1846, Charles Dickens, The Battle of Life‎[2]:
      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 reflecting: […]
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 145:
      “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!”

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