hard-featured
Harsh facial structure
Hard-featured describes a face with sharp, angular, or coarse characteristics that give an austere or severe appearance.
The term suggests prominent bones, deep lines, or rugged contours rather than soft or delicate features.
It typically carries a neutral or slightly negative connotation, implying someone who looks stern or weathered rather than conventionally attractive.
The hard-featured woman behind the counter gave him a skeptical look.
Severely simple and unadorned
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- grimHarsh and foreboding
unyielding · inflexible · stony · uncompromising · resolute · rigid · adamant · unsmiling
Resembling animal hide
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- sunbakedDried by solar heat
- windblownDisplaced by gusts
- toughenedMade more durable
creased · furrowed · lined · careworn · craggy · rugged · worn · aged
Sharply cut, well-defined
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- definedGiven exact meaning
- sculptedShaped into art
- prominentEasily noticed or distinguished
bony · gaunt · jutting · pronounced · stark · aquiline · hawkish · lantern-jawed
Readily identifiable, set apart
- memorableWorth holding onto
- boldCourageous and daring
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- commandingExerting strong authority
imposing · powerful · arresting · compelling · forceful · remarkable · unforgettable · intense
Basic and unremarkable
- homelyUnattractive in appearance
- unprepossessingNot outwardly attractive
- uncomelyLacking physical appeal
- unlovelyNot pleasing aesthetically
coarse · rough-hewn · ungainly · unflattering · ill-favored · unhandsome
austere
Severely simple and unadorned
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
grim · unyielding · inflexible · stony · uncompromising · resolute · rigid · adamant · unsmiling · formidable
leathery
Resembling animal hide
toughened · creased · furrowed · lined · careworn · craggy · rugged · worn · aged · seasoned
chiseled
Sharply cut, well-defined
prominent · bony · gaunt · jutting · pronounced · stark · aquiline · hawkish · lantern-jawed · craggy
distinctive
Readily identifiable, set apart
commanding · imposing · powerful · arresting · compelling · forceful · remarkable · unforgettable · intense · fierce
plain
Basic and unremarkable
- homelyUnattractive in appearance
- unprepossessingNot outwardly attractive
- uncomelyLacking physical appeal
unlovely · coarse · rough-hewn · ungainly · unflattering · ill-favored · unhandsome
hard-featuredcherubic
Innocently sweet-faced
baby-faced · angelic · doe-eyed · sweet-faced · soft
hard-featuredsweet-faced
Having gentle, appealing features
approachable · kindly · maternal · avuncular · open-faced
hard, harder, hardest, hardly, hardness, harden, hardened, hardening, hardener