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sad face

NOUN

long face

Synonyms

WEAK

black look dejected look face as long as a fiddle frown gloom glumness hangdog look sullen look

Example Sentences

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Under the calculations, drawn in a different marker color, is a clear sad face -- a visual sign of failure.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

He described himself as a "shy, serious, lugubrious kid, painfully thin, with a long, sad face".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

The Lithgow sad face is going to be a great running joke through the night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

So she can’t let them see a sad face.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

She didn’t want to argue, and she didn’t want to look at Ben’s sad face.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder