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hawk-faced en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having a face with sharp features that make it resemble a hawk.
    • Charlie forced himself to look back over his shoulder. At his elbow was a tall, black-haired, hawk-faced man with a terrifying glare directed over Charlie's head, straight at the little DeWaters kid. 2010, Robert S. Telford, Charlie Tanner Could Walk on Air, →ISBN, page 3:
    • The third was a thin, hawk-faced man. Alex recognized him from the truck stop on the border road. 2002, Chris Ryan, Rat-catcher, →ISBN, page B-5:
    • The major glared at him and seemed about to reply when the door suddenly opened and a hawk-faced, gray-haired soldier wearing the same kind of jungle fatigues as the others entered. 2009, Allan Folsom, The Hadrian Memorandum, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms

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most hawk-faced Degree=Sup lexicographic
more hawk-faced Degree=Cmp lexicographic
hawkfaced alternative lexicographic