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View definitions for lost face

lost face

noun as in black eye

noun as in black mark

noun as in stigma

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Example Sentences

Minutes would pass in silence, and Cobber would fix his big limpid understanding eyes on the person's lost face.

If that theory is true Mohammad may have felt he had been humiliated and had irredeemably lost face.

A look or gesture of resentment would have lost face and dignity—what the Dry-towners call their kihar—permanently.

And yet it seems to me that through that darkness I can already see the shining welcome of many a long-lost face.

Though nothing had been said, it was obvious that if a combatant stepped over this line he would have lost face.

I failed to find my lost face, just as you failed to find your lost name.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lose face, such as: give in, have egg on one's face, and stultify oneself.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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