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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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
His hulking 6-foot-5 frame is offset by a baby face and blank stare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
He’s got a neatly trimmed brown beard, which I think he hopes makes him look older, but it doesn’t hide his baby face.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
“I don’t see what every one can see in that little pink-and-white baby-face of hers to rave over so!” cried Gertie, hotly.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Libbey, Laura Jean
"Whut's in the box?" demanded Swofford, his big baby-face all in a pucker of doubt.
From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Craffock, Charles Egbert
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