visaged
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈvɪzɪdʒd/
- Literature
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- The grim-visaged soldier stood at attention, reflecting the seriousness of the moment.
- grim-visaged
Examples
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The hard-visaged man stared blankly at the camera during the interview.
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Forgetting makeup, Yoshiko grew dour-visaged.
Fiction book (1992) -
How, exactly, does the spring air feel on her sober-visaged face?
Fiction book (1994) -
Dulcea speaks with grim-visaged intensity.
Fiction book (1995) -
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front.
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"The ad continued: "into the isolated places of the world, where grim-visaged men were wont to eke out a lonely existence in utter solitude. Radio now brings the welcome voices of the great and near great... the priceless joy of human companionship.
Academic text (2001) -
With her sour-visaged expression, the cook seemed displeased with the meal preparations.
Synonyms
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3.0
A person or animal with a round face rather than a long thin one
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4.8
With an outer surface covered in a material like stone or brick
A person with a strong, noticeable face, for example sharp cheekbones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word visaged comes from visage, a French word that means 'face', and from an older root that means 'to see', the same root you can find in English words like vision and visible. So calling someone 'gentle-visaged' simply says they have a gentle face or look.