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hard-featured

hard-fea·tured
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahrd fee-cherd]
    • /hɑrd ˈfi tʃərd/
    • /hɑːd ˈfiː.tʃər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrd fee-cherd]
    • /hɑrd ˈfi tʃərd/

Definitions of hard-featured word

  • adjective hard-featured having stern, harsh, or unattractive features. 1
  • adjective hard-featured having coarse, cruel, stern, or harsh features 0
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Origin of hard-featured

First appearance:

before 1740
One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1740-50

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Parts of speech for Hard-featured

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hard-featured

hard-featured popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for hard-featured

adj hard-featured

  • horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
  • grotesque — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
  • unseemly — not seemly; not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.: an unseemly act; unseemly behavior.
  • unsightly — distasteful or unpleasant to look at: an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder.
  • awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
All 30 Synonyms of hard-featured

Antonyms for hard-featured

adj hard-featured

  • beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
  • pretty — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
  • pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
  • lovely — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
All 13 Antonyms of hard-featured

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