"long face" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: long faces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} long face (plural long faces)
  1. An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom. Categories (topical): Facial expressions, Sadness Related terms: long-faced Translations (expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom): cara llarga [feminine] (Catalan), cara estirada [feminine] (Catalan), 年初四噉嘅樣 /年初四噉嘅样 (alt: nin⁴ co¹ sei³ gam² ge³ joeng⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 闷闷不乐 (mènmènbùlè) (Chinese Mandarin), 不悦 (bùyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), synkkä ilme (Finnish), faire la tête (French), tête d’enterrement [feminine] (French), langes Gesicht [neuter] (German), bánatos/savanyú arc/kép (Hungarian), lógatja az orrát (Hungarian), fýlusvipur [masculine] (Icelandic), cara larga [colloquial, feminine] (Spanish)

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          "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
      "word": "bánatos/savanyú arc/kép"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
      "word": "lógatja az orrát"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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      "sense": "expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom",
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