sweet-faced
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈswitˌfeɪst/
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- The head of Astro's corporate public relations staff was a sweet-faced redhead who was older and much tougher than she looked.
- sweet-faced boy
- sweet-faced girl
- sweet-faced woman
Examples
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Her memory of her aunt was one of the most tenuous she had: just that of a sweet-faced woman who looked a bit like Grandma, only younger, smoothing the sheets on this very bed.
Fiction book (1997) -
The sweet-faced boy you see in the church choir.
Academic text (2009) -
Narrator 2: Mr. Dick, a sweet-faced older gentleman, comes running.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Dick, a sweet-faced older gentleman with a befuddled expression, came running.
Fiction book (2000) -
Posters of sweet-faced mothers and chubby babies hung on the walls.
Fiction book (2001) -
Captain Flores was a sweet-faced young man with a drooping mustache.
Fiction book (1999) -
On Mabel Lanier, a sweet-faced woman in her 30s.
Fiction book (2001) -
But who was that tall figure with the unruly head of hair ambling toward her? Who was that sweet-faced man, smiling that loving smile, holding out his hand to Anna?
Fiction book (2001) -
And there he was, Leonardo, a lithe, sweet-faced, barelegged teenager hopping from rock to rock, crossing a shallow, fast-moving stream.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sweet-faced puppy wagged its tail happily as the children approached.
Synonyms
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1.0
Attractive in a small, pretty, or charming way
∞
1.0
Nice to look at in a gentle, simple way
5
7.8
Pleasant and charming in a simple, innocent way
5
7.4
Pleasant to look at in a simple, natural way
3
7.4
Having a sweet, innocent face like a little angel
2
2.8
Having pink cheeks that show good health
Antonyms
How Gentle-Looking
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7.4
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweet-faced comes from the simple parts sweet and face, where sweet means 'pleasant' or 'kind' and face means 'look' or 'appearance'. So, a sweet-faced person or animal has a gentle, pleasant look that makes them seem friendly.