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 mass of iron gray hair gave a grizzly finish to his hard-favored visage.

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

Another moment and he was at Arden's side, clinging to that gentleman's jack-boot, raising to his hard-favored but not unkindly countenance a face aflame with relief and eagerness.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

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

The big, raw-boned woman's hard-favored countenance was lit up with motherly solicitude, as she lifted, rather than assisted, Zadkiel, down the steps of the tavern.

From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward

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