hard-favored

American  

[hahrd-fey-verd] / ˈhɑrdˈfeɪ vərd /

adjective

1. South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.

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Etymology

Origin of hard-favored

First recorded in 1505–15

Example Sentences

A mop of iron-gray hair gave a grisly finish to this hard-favored visage.

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian

Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances; those who were not handsome were at least happy, and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favored visage.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington

A more hard-favored set, perhaps, could not be imagined.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Tall, gaunt, hard-favored was this candidate for the American calendar; but Bonilacia might be her name.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Fuller, Margaret

Around the walls hung the hard-favored portraits of the heroes of the house of Katzenellenbogen, and the trophies which they had gained in the field and in the chase.

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy