Meanings
adjectivesour-faced (comparative more sour-faced, superlative most sour-faced)
comparative more sour-faced · superlative most sour-faced
- figurativelyhaving a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression
A sour-faced knaue.
1843 [1589], Martin Marprelate, edited by John Petheram, An Epitome of the First Book of Martin Marprelate's Epitome, London: John Russell Smith, page 281 more example
Not even Hendrik was sour-faced a day after.
1883, John Mackenzie, Day-Dawn in Dark Places: A Story of Wanderings and Work in Bechuanaland, London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, page 78
Origin
See sour. First attested in the 16th century.
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