horse-faced

adjective

Having a long face.

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Meanings

adjectivehorse-faced (comparative more horse-faced, superlative most horse-faced)

comparative more horse-faced · superlative most horse-faced

  1. figurativelyHaving a long face.

    Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?

    1941, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (motion picture), spoken by Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), RKO Radio Pictures
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APA

horse-faced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-faced

MLA

“horse-faced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-faced. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horse-faced,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-faced.

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