Hook-nosed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hook-nosed is an adjective meaning Having a hooked or curved nose.
Meaning
Having a hooked or curved nose.
Example Sentences
The mother, a hard, hook-nosed creature, was doing up a bundle of overalls she had but finished at the sewing-machine.
She is a large, oleaginous, black-haired, hook-nosed woman, who invariably wears ear-rings, and perfumes a room with the odor of fried fish.
As the conversation got around to what he thought of the United States, he said that it was “a farce controlled by dirty, hook-nosed, circumcised Jew bastards.
Word Forms
- hooknosed
Synonyms for hook-nosed
Depending on context, synonyms include nosed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nosed, hooknosed, hooked, hooky, hawknosed, hookish.
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