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View synonyms for long-faced

long-faced

[ lawng-feyst, long- ]

adjective

  1. having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
  2. having a face longer than the usual.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of long-faced1

First recorded in 1585–95

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Example Sentences

This day the Long faced People arived here from wrentham and other places.

You're in a plot leagued against me, and that long-faced fool over there's at the bottom of it.

A long-faced virgin trapped in a bawdy house and calling in valiant tones for a glass of lemonade.

One long-faced elder dusted off a seat in the gallery and told them to sit there.

Silas was a long-faced, miserable sort o' chap, always looking on the black side o' things, and shaking his 'ead over it.

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