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Meaning of "smooth-faced" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMOOTH-FACED

smooth-faced  [ˌsmuːðˈfeɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOOTH-FACED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smooth-Faced is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SMOOTH-FACED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smooth-faced in the English dictionary

The definition of smooth-faced in the dictionary is with a manner that hints of insincerity, glibness and cynical manipulation. Other definition of smooth-faced is beardless or hairless of face.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMOOTH-FACED


ashen-faced
ˌæʃ ənˈfeɪst
baby-faced
ˈbeɪbɪˌfeɪst
barefaced
ˈbɛəˌfeɪst
bold-faced
ˈbəʊldˌfeɪst
defaced
dɪˈfeɪst
defast
dɪˈfeɪst
defaste
dɪˈfeɪst
fresh-faced
ˈfrɛʃˌfeɪst
long-faced
ˌlɒŋˈfeɪst
melamine-faced
ˈmɛləˌmiːnˌfeɪst
pale-faced
ˈpeɪlˈfeɪst
round-faced
ˌraʊndˈfeɪst
shamefaced
ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst
shitfaced
ˈʃɪtˌfeɪst
sour-faced
ˌsaʊəˈfeɪst
stony-faced
ˌstəʊnɪˈfeɪst
straight-faced
ˌstreɪtˈfeɪst
undefaced
ˌʌndɪˈfeɪst
uneffaced
ˌʌnɪˈfeɪst
white-faced
ˈwaɪtˌfeɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMOOTH-FACED

smooth
smooth breathing
smooth hound
smooth muscle
smooth over
smooth snake
smooth-running
smooth-shaven
smooth-spoken
smooth-talk
smooth-talker
smooth-talking
smooth-tongued
smoothable
smoothbore
smoothbored
smoothen
smoother
smoothie
smoothies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMOOTH-FACED

baldfaced
brazen-faced
double-faced
full-faced
hard-faced
hatchet-faced
Janus-faced
light-faced
moon-faced
multifaced
open-faced
pasty-faced
po-faced
poker-faced
red-faced
snotty-faced
spaced
square-faced
two-faced
unsurfaced
wheyfaced

Synonyms and antonyms of smooth-faced in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smooth-faced» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMOOTH-FACED

Find out the translation of smooth-faced to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smooth-faced from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smooth-faced» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光滑面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lampiño
570 millions of speakers

English

smooth-faced
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिकनी का सामना करना पड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على نحو سلس الوجه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бритый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

superfície lisa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্মশ্রুহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au visage lisse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lancar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glattflächige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表面が滑らかな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드러운 얼굴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus-ngadhepi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể dải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான முகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki yüzlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smooth- faced
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gładkiej twarzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

голений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buna - cu care se confruntă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεία που αντιμετωπίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gladde -faced
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slät yta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glatt - faced
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smooth-faced

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTH-FACED»

The term «smooth-faced» is normally little used and occupies the 130.229 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTH-FACED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smooth-faced» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smooth-faced» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smooth-faced

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOOTH-FACED»

Discover the use of smooth-faced in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smooth-faced and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Science
High light transmission and brightness 70: Smooth-faced, clear design for vision. Unusual egg-crate or louver effect if used in big panels. Often inserted in block panels of other designs for vision. High light transmission 07»: Smooth-faced with  ...
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Idioms and Phrases
Smooth-faced Friendly but hypocritical (Note: Smooth-faced, smooth-spoken and smooth-tongued. These expressions have the same meaning of "insincerity"). He was easily deceived by his smooth-faced cousin. Smother one Kill one by ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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King John
573 smooth-faced smiling, fair, pleasing. Compare Rj 5.5.32-4: 'let their heirs... / Enrich the time to come with smooth-fac'd peace, / With smiling plenty, and fair prosperous days'. The devil's charming deceptions may be implied here; compare ...
William Shakespeare, L. A. Beaurline, 1990
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Doctor Faustus, second edition
59-61); Bevington and Rasmussen (256) suggest that this line reflects “the conventional pejorative use of 'smooth-faced',” and cite King John II. i. 574: “That smooth-faced gentleman, tickling commodity....” (The image is pejorative only when ...
Christopher Marlowe, Michael Keefer, 2007
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The Third Cat Story Megapack: 25 Frisky Feline Tales, Old ...
You didn't do anything to its eyes, did you? Like put food coloring in them?” Bambi said, “The cat is actually purple. I tried to wash it off, but it's in the fur.” The smooth faced woman nodded, “I see you did. With gasoline. I wonder the poor thing is ...
Damien Broderick, Kathryn Ptacek, Mary A. Turzillo, 2013
6
Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook
(Rough-faced peds generally have less clearly defined faces than smooth-faced peds and the pedality of the soil may be questioned. However, if the soil mass is pressed gently, the characteristic size and shape of the soil aggregates will ...
National Committee on Soil and Terrain (Australia), 2009
7
The Unfinished Dream and Other Stories
“Come,” the smooth-faced man said gently, his face all smiles and eyes sparkled with merriment, “you needn't be shy. There's no one around here.” Nevertheless, Ap Tawla looked around. Seeing no one, he disrobed and stepped gingerly into ...
Pem Namgyal, 2011
8
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
To this rule, Dr. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire—a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a stylish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness—you could see by his ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1930
9
The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Should there be one, just, dauntless, rational, he would appear Yes! smooth- faced tyrants chartered by a Power Called King, who in the castellated keep Of a far distant land wears out his days Of miserable dotage, pace the quay And by the ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat, 2004
10
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens
This reminiscence is in the height of its success, when a general proposal is made to the fresh-complexioned, smooth-faced officer, with the strange air of simplicity, to tell the "Butcher's Story." The fresh-complexioned, smooth-faced officer, with ...
Charles Dickens, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOOTH-FACED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smooth-faced is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kent State safety Jordan Italiano, college football's smartest player
It has also come with some instant notoriety for the smooth-faced Italiano, with now slick-back wavy hair, a twinkle in his eye and a dashing smile. "Everyone is ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
To beard, or not to beard, that is the question. Here are Japanese …
Still, these numbers show that in general, smooth-faced is the way to go if you're looking to score points with the ladies in Japan, which probably shouldn't be ... «RocketNews24, Jul 15»
3
With Mike Green's departure, an era of Capitals hockey is over
But Green — maybe more than anyone besides Ovechkin — was the on-ice symbol of the smooth-faced, high-scoring, Rock the Red Caps who headlined ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Make your home stand out
Contemporary trends in residential architecture include smooth-faced brick and stone instead of the tumbled, rough and “rusticated” surface of brick and stone. «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jun 15»
5
Should NHL players shave their playoff beards?
Do you prefer your NHL players scruffy or smooth-faced? If Mark Lazarus, NBC Sports chairman, was in charge of their grooming habits, they might hit the ice ... «ABC Action News, Jun 15»
6
Meet the Two Men Who Free-Climbed Yosemite's Perilous Dawn Wall
... Valley, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first free climb of one of the world's most difficult routes—the smooth-faced 3,000-foot Dawn Wall. «Vanity Fair, Mar 15»
7
Martin Starr Plays a Love-Struck Veteran in 'Amira & Sam'
Smooth-faced, short-haired and free of eyeglasses, Mr. Starr has assumed the romantic lead in a movie for the first time. In “Amira & Sam,” the debut feature of ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
8
The Walking Dead: Our First Look at a Smooth Faced Rick Grimes!
Our first glimpse of a smooth-faced Rick Grimes has finally emerged from the set of The Walking Dead Season 5! The photos and footage of a beardless Rick ... «moviepilot.com, Nov 14»
9
Cherub-Faced "Nerd" Mule Busted For Smuggling Drugs From China
Today, the NY Post upended everything we thought we knew about nerd culture with the startling revelation that even smooth-faced four-eyed geeks can ... «Gothamist, Oct 14»
10
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno)
Kenshin, for those late to this particular party, is a smooth-faced, softly spoken master swordsman who, in the chaotic last days of the Shogunate, came to be ... «The Japan Times, Aug 14»

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