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
Though two years older than the character she plays, Ramsey has a baby face, and there has been some complaint that they have not visibly aged enough to play the older Ellie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 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
He had a baby face, but I could tell he was way older than he looked by the creases in his forehead.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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
"Tell me, O chiefs," said the Great Khan, "is that baby-face you look at worth contending for?"
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick
The coffin-lid was screwed down, and Johnny's baby-face shut out from them for ever.
From Tip Lewis and His Lamp by Pansy
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