Long-face meaning

The definition of a long face is a facial expression that indicates sadness, depression or unhappiness.

An example of a long face is a pout that a person gets after he is told no to something he wants.

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A discontented or sullen facial expression.
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A glum, sad, or disconsolate facial expression.
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An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom.

Why the long face? Is something wrong?

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Sentence Examples

  • It was the first girl she met, the tall woman with a long face named Talal.

  • HARTEBEEST, the Boer name for a large South African antelope (also known as caama) characterized by its red colour, long face with naked muzzle and sharply angulated lyrate horns, which are present in both sexes.

  • This short man had on a white leather apron which covered his chest and part of his legs; he had on a kind of necklace above which rose a high white ruffle, outlining his rather long face which was lit up from below.

  • He rose, took Prince Andrew by the arm, and went to meet a tall, bald, fair man of about forty with a large open forehead and a long face of unusual and peculiar whiteness, who was just entering.

  • "Comtesse, a tout peche misericorde," * said a fair-haired young man with a long face and nose, as he entered the room.

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