hard-featured

[ hahrd-fee-cherd ]

/ ˈhɑrdˈfi tʃərd /

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adjective

having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.

Origin of hard-featured

First recorded in 1740–50

OTHER WORDS FROM hard-featured

hard-fea·tured·ness, noun

Words nearby hard-featured

harden off, harden one's heart, harden up, hard-faced, hard-favored, hard-featured, hard feeling, hard feelings, hard fern, hard-fisted, hard goods

Example sentences from the Web for hard-featured

His hair was a fiery red, and his bare, hard-featured face two shades darker.
The Days of Auld Lang Syne|Ian MacLaren
I lived with a hard-featured woman who called herself my aunt.
Ahead of the Show|Fred Thorpe
Scroop, a hard-featured, shifty-eyed man of middle stature, had not been rendered more prepossessing by his recent encounter.
Jack Harvey's Adventures|Ruel Perley Smith
Sampson called the ostler: out came a hard-featured man, with a strong squint.
Hard Cash|Charles Reade

Debby Alden at twenty-five had been scrawny, hard-featured and severe.
Hester's Counterpart|Jean K. Baird