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Definition of "hook-nosed" [hook•-nosed]

  • Having a hooked or aquiline nose. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "hook-nosed" in a sentence
  • "So you mean those imflammatory cartoons showing a hook-nosed ogre dangling an Uncle Sam puppet from a string are true?"
  • "You don't need to put in a panel of a grinning hook-nosed Shylock or say the phrase "Jew money-lenders" or even put (or hint at the concept) "Jew" and "money-lenders" in context with one another for the term -- left unrebuked -- to be understood for what it is."
  • "Now, were I to describe this person to a third-party, the term 'hook-nosed Jew' would NOT be derogatory - it would be factually accurate."
Words like "hook-nosed"
beetle-browed
brown-faced
dark-faced
ferocious-looking
florid-faced
gray-bearded
hawk-nosed
iron-jawed
loose-jointed
melancholy-looking
nosed
olive-skinned
rawboned
sharp-featured
strongly-built
trumpet-tongued