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long-faced
adjective as in grave
adjective as in serious
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in sobersided
Weak matches
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- deliberate
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- honest
- in earnest
- intent
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- sincere
- sober
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- thoughtful
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
adjective as in unhappy
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- bleak
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down and out
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- let-down
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- mournful
- saddened
- sorrowful
- teary
adjective as in woebegone
Example Sentences
While women in the Arabian Peninsula nation have long-faced gender inequality due to social and cultural attitudes, Yemeni law has not imposed male guardianship rules, and authorities in the south do not impose them.
Droopy eared, long-faced Basset hounds may seem to have little in common with fluffy, wolf-like Alaskan malamutes, but both breeds share at least one notable trait: They love to howl.
A bunch of kids were standing in front in a collage of brown — boys, girls, fat kids with acne, skinny kids, long-faced kids, young and older kids, some bald, others hairy.
Both Arizona and South Dakota have long-faced complaints from Native American groups that their election processes make it more difficult for tribal members to vote.
That’s the scenario that could wind up with a group of long-faced senators trooping into the Oval Office to push out its current occupant.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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