Meanings
- not comparableWithout a (pronounced) chin.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent.
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'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.
1970, Bevis Hillier, Cartoons and caricatures, page 152 - not comparableHaving a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a receding chin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto senmentona
- senmentonawithout a chin
Polish z cofniętym podbródkiem, nieudolny
- z cofniętym podbródkiemwithout a chin
- nieudolnyineffectual or dimwitted
Portuguese desqueixado
- desqueixadowithout a chin
Cite this entry
chinless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinless
“chinless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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