What does hook-nosed mean?
Hook-nosed means Having a hooked or curved nose..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having a hooked or curved nose..
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.
The mother, a hard, hook-nosed creature, was doing up a bundle of overalls she had but finished at the sewing-machine.
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.
Use hook-nosed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hook-nosed means Having a hooked or curved nose..
Common synonyms include nosed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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