smooth-faced

Thân thiện

A smooth-faced boy smiles as he receives his first shaving kit.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no beard or facial hair; clean-shaven: Describes a person, typically a male, whose face is free from hair, either naturally due to youth or because the hair has been removed.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The young actor was cast because of his smooth-faced, innocent appearance.
  • All recruits in the military academy must be smooth-faced.
  • He looked much younger than his age with his smooth-faced cheeks.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used literally to describe a physical state, or figuratively to imply youthfulness, innocence, or a lack of worldly experience.
  • The smooth-faced diplomat seemed out of place among the seasoned, bearded negotiators. (Figuratively implying inexperience)

Variants and Related Words

• Smooth-facedness (n): The state or quality of being smooth-faced.
  • His smooth-facedness made it hard to believe he was old enough to drive.

Synonyms

• Beardless
• Clean-shaven
• Hairless (on the face)
• Unbearded

Antonyms

• Bearded
• Stubbled
• Unshaven
• Whiskered

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking hair on the face
   • a smooth-faced boy of 14 years

Từ đồng nghĩa

• beardless