a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
a person having such a face.
a smooth round face like a baby's
a person with such a face
First recorded in 1705–15
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With a baby face and bouncing blond hair, the Draco Malfoy lookalike was a bowler of obvious promise but no clear identity.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
Maybe time had to work its magic to find a place where the baby face ended and the smolder began; they could not exist as one, though he certainly gave it the college try.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025
“He’s got the baby face and the young grin and the cool hairdo, you know he’s young, but he’s very mature beyond his years and he knows what’s going on out there,” Richardson said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Mr. Kang, who is soft-spoken with a baby face, joined in 2018 after heading international sales at CJ ENM, a Korean entertainment conglomerate.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
I scrolled down until I saw it—the most precious little angel baby face I’d ever seen in my entire life.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
Agen Akhere has a round, baby-face but his small eyes are searing red.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2018
I, meanwhile, have a button nose and chubby cheeks that some have said look like a baby-face.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016
Do you try to disguise your youth or, like Bram, use your baby-face as a marketing tool?
From Inc ● Aug. 16, 2012
Love a man who comes to me with a silly second-hand affection from his insipid baby-face, and offers me half, or two-thirds, or a third of his worthless heart?
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
You're a pet, my little chubby-face, my baby-face, my Danny….
From Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Williams, Emlyn
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