hook-nosed

/'huk'nouzd/

Thân thiện

The old sailor with a hook-nosed profile gazed out to sea.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a nose with a prominent, curved, or hooked bridge: Describes a person whose nose has a pronounced convex curve, often resembling the shape of an eagle's beak or a hook.

Usage

• Descriptive Physical Trait: Used to describe a distinctive facial feature, specifically the shape of a person's nose. It is a compound adjective formed from "hook" + "nosed."
  • The old portrait showed a stern, hook-nosed man.
  • He was easily recognizable by his tall stature and hook-nosed profile.

Advanced Usage

• Literary and Descriptive Context: Often used in literary, historical, or descriptive writing to create a vivid mental image of a character's appearance. It can carry neutral, descriptive, or sometimes stereotypical connotations.
  • The detective's report described the suspect as a hook-nosed individual in his forties.

Variants and Related Words

• Hooknose (noun): A nose with a pronounced curved bridge.
  • He inherited his father's distinctive hooknose.
• Aquiline (adjective): A more formal or literary synonym meaning curved like an eagle's beak.
  • She had a fine, aquiline nose.

Synonyms

• Aquiline: Curved like an eagle's beak (often used interchangeably but considered more refined).
• Roman-nosed: Having a nose with a high, prominent bridge (similar, but may imply a straighter bridge with a downward curve at the tip).

Antonyms

• Snub-nosed: Having a short, slightly turned-up nose.
• Straight-nosed: Having a nose with a straight bridge.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having an aquiline nose