hard-featured
[ hahrd-fee-cherd ]
adjective
having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
Origin of hard-featured
1First recorded in 1740–50
Other words from hard-featured
- hard-fea·tured·ness, noun
Words Nearby hard-featured
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How to use hard-featured in a sentence
A gaunt, hard-featured domestic completed this interesting family, and she was uncommon too.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowAs the late-comers settled themselves, a thin, hard-featured lady with a dogged manner took her place at the desk.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsIt seemed to me that they were hard featured and cruel looking, though towards me were none but friendly looks.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane | Charles W. WhistlerNow she knew what language she had heard spoken by Jos and the hard-featured Bessie of the chateau, there by the wayside cross.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. EmersonI wished to know who he was, and applied to my neighbor, the sober-looking, hard-featured man.
Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
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