horn-rimmed

Examples

• All

• Kevin pushed his horn-rimmed glasses higher on the bridge of his patrician nose.

  Fiction book (1998)

• We can't see his features, only the reflection of horn-rimmed glasses.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Dick removed his horn-rimmed glasses to massage the bridge of his nose.

  Fiction book (2002)

• And if you change the glasses to little, gold, horn-rimmed things, you've got his wife too.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The woman peered at him over her horn-rimmed glasses.

  Fiction book (1999)

• One of them had wire-rimmed glasses, the other horn-rimmed ones.

  Fiction book (1991)

• There is no telling the tastes of the man who wore those horn-rimmed spectacles.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Lowering his chin, he peers over his vintage horn-rimmed glasses.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Ina's high school boyfriend, Artie Goldstein, wore horn-rimmed glasses and had a large, humorous mouth and rough, freckled skin.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He always read his books while wearing his thick, horn-rimmed glasses, which made him look quite scholarly.

Synonyms

H

horny

vshorn-rimmed

4 7.6

Made from the hard, curved material on some animals or from a similar material

is limited to describing eyeglass frames rather than materials in general

H

hornlike

vshorn-rimmed

6.3

Shaped like a horn

is specific to eyeglass frames rather than general material qualities

C

corneous

vshorn-rimmed

• Specialized

9.9

A hard covering made of horn or a horn-like material

is applied only to eyeglass frames rather than to materials generally

Antonyms

R

rimless

2 3.6

Having no frame, often on glasses

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology