facial

[ fey-shuhl ]

adjective

1. of the face:

   facial expression.

2. for the face:

   a facial cream.

noun

1. a treatment to beautify the face.

facial

/ ˈfeɪʃəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the face

noun

1. a beauty treatment for the face, involving cleansing, massage, and cosmetic packs

Derived Forms

• ˈfacially, adverb

Other Words From

• facial·ist noun
• facial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of facial¹

1600–10; 1910–15 facial fordef 3; < Medieval Latin faciālis. See face, -al ¹

Example Sentences

She told the court that when her husband came back into the house afterwards he was angry and breathless "with some sort of facial cut".

From BBC

The Lego characters have a limited range of facial expressions.

From BBC

But there were a few animators on our team who were really good at facial animation, and we gave them the most emotional scenes, the close-up scenes.

From BBC

Sebastian Stan brilliantly captures Trump’s facial movements and speech.

From Salon

Artificial intelligence is then used to help reconstruct the facial feature, with the design later created with a 3D printer.

From BBC

Related Words

• exterior
• outer
• outward
• shallow
• superficial