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hook-nosed

hook-nosed

8.0
A person with a long curved nose like a bird's beak
  • adjective
translation icon : de nariz aguileña
  • In the story, the villain was described as a cunning, hook-nosed man with sharp eyes.

Examples

  • This will be fitting, he added, holding the hook nosed fool's face opposite his own.

  • The hook-nosed one was Marie, niece of the Grand Duke of Venice.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Benny was a flat, bald, hook-nosed little man with a shaggy horseshoe of gray hair circling his head.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The old, hook-nosed statue in the museum resembled an eagle ready to strike.

  • She admired the hook-nosed portrait of the famous artist, noting its striking features.

Synonyms

aquiline
vshook-nosed
3 8.4

A nose that is curved like an eagle's beak

is the general descriptive phrase for that same curved nose
beaky
vshook-nosed
1 7.2

Having a long pointed nose that looks like a bird's beak

focuses specifically on the strong curved shape like an eagle's beak
uncinate
vshook-nosed
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having a shape like a small curved hook

describes the same curve but specifically for a person's nose
hooked
vshook-nosed
3.3

Having a sharp curved shape like a hook

refers only to the nose shape resembling an eagle's beak
hook-shaped
vshook-nosed
3.0

With a curved end that bends back

names the particular curved nose like an eagle's beak
hooklike
vshook-nosed
4.0

Having a curved end that can catch or hold things like beaks and thorns

describes only the curved nose shape not the grasping function

How Curved

hook-nosed
8.0
Roman nose
1 7.5

Surface Forms

hook-nosed positive

Morphology

hook-nosed = hook + nosed (transparent) = hook + nose + ed

The adjective is formed by compounding 'hook' with the adjectival/past-participial 'nosed' (nose + -ed), producing a straightforward meaning 'having a nose like a hook'.

Etymology

Hook-nosed comes from hook ('a curved object') and -nosed ('having a nose'), creating the image of a nose that bends like a hook or an eagle's beak. So, hook-nosed describes someone with a long, curved nose.