🐟 An animal name 🙊 An insult

monkeyface

9.9

A rude name for a person whose face looks like a monkey's

noun
/ˈmʌŋkiˌfeɪs/

Offensive

: cara de mono

During the argument, she insulted him by saying, "You're such a Monkeyface!"

Examples

My friend often jokes and calls me Monkeyface when I make a silly face.
- Hello, Monkeyface.

Suspicion (1941)
Hello, Monkeyface.

Suspicion (1941)
Hello, Monkeyface.

Suspicion (1941)
Hello, Monkeyface.

Suspicion (1941)
How's my little Monkeyface?

Suspicion (1941)
Oh, Monkeyface, don't mind Beaky, he's only joking.

Suspicion (1941)
I can't believe you called him Monkeyface after that embarrassing moment.

Synonyms

fuckface

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

9 9.9

An extremely rude word used to hurt someone's feelings

targets facial likeness rather than general vulgar abuse

dollface

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

2 9.9

An insulting name for a woman said to make her feel small or silly

targets physical appearance by blaming similarity to an animal face

dogface

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

1 9.9

A rude word for someone whose face another person calls ugly

compares face to a different animal to insult appearance

pigface

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

1 9.9

An insulting name for someone considered very ugly

focuses on comparing face with another animal to insult looks

face like a bag of spanners

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

9.9

A face that looks very ugly

uses an animal image instead of an object to insult looks

like a bag of spanners

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

9.9

Looks very ugly and a little funny, especially in the face

uses an animal image rather than a national idiom to insult appearance

face like the back end of a bus

vsmonkeyface

Offensive

9.9

A face that people think is very ugly

relies on animal likeness instead of vehicle imagery to insult look

Surface Forms

monkeyface singular

monkeyfaces plural

Morphology

monkeyface = monkey + face (transparent) = monkey + face

Composition is literal and obvious; the insulting sense is a pragmatic use of the compound meaning 'face resembling a monkey.'

Etymology

The word monkeyface comes from the parts monkey and face. People use it as an insulting name to say a person's face looks like a monkey, so the word is rude and offensive.