"long-faced" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: longfaced [alternative]
Etymology: From long face + -ed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|long face|-ed}} long face + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=long-faced}} long-faced
  1. Displaying sadness. Translations (displaying sadness): synkkäilmeinen (Finnish), ze smutną miną (Polish)
    Sense id: en-long-faced-en-adj-ymDthYvE Disambiguation of 'displaying sadness': 99 1
  2. (literally) Having a long face. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-long-faced-en-adj-uJSLwl6l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87
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