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noseless

  • a word derived from nose.
    nose
    noun
    the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.

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Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat” “It’s hard to look at Walter Goggins’ noseless ‘Fallout’ character, the Ghoul, without retching, but his compelling performance also makes it hard to turn away.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

They said, "Well, you're playing a noseless cowboy bounty hunter who's been roaming the post-apocalyptic wasteland for 200 years. You don't have a nose."

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

As always, the noseless faces do not resemble the stars from the movie.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2018

Best villains: Jacki Weaver as the terrifyingly amoral grandmother in "Animal Kingdom"; Ralph Fiennes, still rocking that noseless face, and the wonderfully snarly Bonham Carter in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part I."

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2010

Roige caught it and lifted it over his head, rivers of sooty sweat pouring down his noseless face.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin