sad-faced

[ sad-feyst ]

adjective

1. having a face characterized by or expressing sorrow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sad-faced¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

The spy later that night used a sad-faced emoji when he reported back to the executive that Monroe took an Uber to his hotel instead of driving.

From Seattle Times

Why would sad-faced dancers terrorize a little girl in a nightmarish dream ballet?

From New York Times

One afternoon, before I accompanied Farmer on his last rounds of the day, he sat across from a sad-faced young man named Ti Ofa, who was approaching the final stages of AIDS.

From Literature

His left thigh was covered in tattoos, including the sad-faced cartoon heart that appears on the artwork for his new album, and an outline of his home, Puerto Rico.

From New York Times

"Instead of the radiant woman of my imagination," she writes in her memoir, "I saw a quiet, pale, sad-faced, in fact dull young woman arrive listlessly on the arm of her husband."

From Salon