Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

full-faced

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: ful-l--faced
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a plump or round face.

adj

Having the face fully turned toward any person or thing; facing.

adj

Showing the face fully, completely, or intact.

adv

In a full-faced manner.

Example Sentences

"a chubby, full-faced child"
""Why not?" demanded Joolby, turning on his props to regard George with the blank full-faced stare that presented his disconcerting features in their most pronounced aspect. "What's the difficulty?""
"I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her."
"full-faced and full-length figures"
"So God declines to show Moses His glory full-faced, but He promises to do something else: He will allow Moses to glimpse the glory that follows His presence and then to proclaim, or explain to him, His name — the name of the Lord."

Etymology

From full + faced.

Inflected Forms

more full-faced (comparative) most full-faced (superlative) full-face (alternative)

Questions

What does full-faced mean?: Having a plump or round face.
Where does full-faced come from?: From full + faced.

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