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Definition of boot-faced in English: boot-facedadjective British informal Having a grim or scowling expression. a boot-faced police sergeant Example sentencesExamples - She soon lapses back into her impersonation of a boot-faced police sergeant.
- She gets the better of her boot-faced teacher with an environmental project involving her family and a tree-saving campaign.
- Her West End debut has been another antidote to the occasionally boot-faced Havers.
- You never know, it may just be a nervous laugh, brought on by facing up to five boot-faced, judgemental, snidey so-and-sos like you lot.
- The boot-faced former MP has complained.
Synonyms stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant |