hard-featured

[ hahrd-fee-cherd ]

adjective

1. having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.

Other Words From

• hard-featured·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-featured¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

A gaunt, hard-featured domestic completed this interesting family, and she was uncommon too.

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As the late-comers settled themselves, a thin, hard-featured lady with a dogged manner took her place at the desk.

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It seemed to me that they were hard featured and cruel looking, though towards me were none but friendly looks.

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Now she knew what language she had heard spoken by Jos and the hard-featured Bessie of the chateau, there by the wayside cross.

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I wished to know who he was, and applied to my neighbor, the sober-looking, hard-featured man.

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Related Words

• awful
• grisly
• grotesque
• hideous
• horrid
• unseemly
• unsightly