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

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hard-favored

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 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington

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

But as the people changed, changed also were the Twain, small and misshapen, hard-favored and unyielding of will, strong of spirit, evil and bad.

From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Judson, Katharine Berry

Late one autumn evening, a tall, bony, hard-favored man was observed making his way into the outskirts of the place.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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