Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hardlooking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hard-look-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a severe, vaguely menacing facial expression.

Example Sentences

"They sat in the backs of small, makeshift wagons, hardlooking men and women and their hardlooking, skinny children, preaching you over to their stand, promising your money's worth."

Etymology

From hard + looking.

Inflected Forms

more hardlooking (comparative) most hardlooking (superlative)

Questions

What does hardlooking mean?: Having a severe, vaguely menacing facial expression.
Where does hardlooking come from?: From hard + looking.

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