Meaning

The face of a horse..

Definitions by Sense

1. The face of a horse.
2. A face (of a human or other non-horse animal) that is long and ugly, with coarse features, thus having a resemblance or fancied resemblance to the face of a horse.
3. (by extension) Someone who is unattractive because they have a horseface.

Example Sentences

It comes in the form of a mask, or a harmless owl, or a punning resemblance in the soft muzzle of a horseface.

In the mid-1940s, he used it as a mask, on an owl, or on a horseface.

He did have a horseface, Darby decided angrily as he yanked a handkerchief from his back pocket to wipe the tobacco off another ruined shirt.

There had been gossip about the American Minister's wife's absence, which reported that she was very ugly and had a horseface.

But she had a horseface and nobody knew how on earth she got in.

Near-synonym: dogface

We got a horseface for a home room teacher.

Aunt Samantha had shown annoyance at this by puffing her nostrils and issuing a sort of whinny-like protest which made her seem all the more a horseface.

Word Forms

• horsefaces

Synonyms for horseface

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When Should You Use Horseface?

Use horseface when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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