snub-nosed

Examples

• All

• Farmer wheels, snub-nosed .357 aimed at them.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Her son's little snub-nosed face lit up as she grabbed him.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The third pointed a small, snub-nosed pistol in his face.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Now, sitting in the car, another snub-nosed vehicle with a high roof, running boards, and curtains over the rear window, she was in despair.

  Fiction book (1997)

• A girl turned, pretty, snub-nosed—not his sister.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Farrell reached around the guard's back and retrieved his gun, a snub-nosed, hammerless revolver, and put it into his waistband.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Snub-nosed and thin-lipped, the round steel-rimmed glasses did what they always did to those startling blue eyes, magnifying them goofily big.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The dog's snub-nosed face made it look very cute and endearing.

• Children often find the snub-nosed cartoon characters especially funny.

• Her snub-nosed appearance gave her a unique charm that everyone loved.

Synonyms

P

pug-nosed

vssnub-nosed

1 7.3

Having a short, flat nose that turns up slightly

is a general short rounded nose not specific to breeds or flat

S

short-nosed

vssnub-nosed

5.2

An animal or object that has a short, blunt nose

is more focused on a rounded or blunt tip

S

snub

vssnub-nosed

7.1

Having a short, slightly turned-up nose

is short and rounded without implying an upturned tip

S

short-snouted

vssnub-nosed

6.0

An animal with a nose shorter than others of the same kind

is about an absolute short rounded tip rather than relative length

R

round-nose

vssnub-nosed

4.1

Having a rounded end often found on tools like scissors

is used more for living features rather than tool or object tips

How Blunt

blunt

109 1.0

snub-nosed

1 6.1

rounded

1 2.4

pointed

1 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology