hard-featured
[hahrd-fee-cherd]
- having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
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Origin of hard-featured
First recorded in 1740–50
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Historical Examples
They were hard-featured men, sallow of complexion, rigid in their looks.
I looked around the room again, and saw a hard-featured woman.
The BirthrightJoseph Hocking
Debby Alden at twenty-five had been scrawny, hard-featured and severe.
Hester's CounterpartJean K. Baird
In the hall, she encountered Willa's maid, a bright-eyed, hard-featured Frenchwoman.
The Fifth AceDouglas Grant
Also there were several glum, hard-featured Englishwomen and one man.
BrittanyMortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes