hatchetlike

Resembling small axe

Hatchetlike describes something resembling a hatchet in shape or character—typically narrow, sharp-edged, and angular.

The word most often applies to facial features, especially a thin, bony face with prominent cheekbones and a sharp jaw: her hatchetlike profile.

It can also suggest the blunt, cutting quality associated with hatchet work, implying something harsh or severe.

woodcutting

chopping

Cutting into pieces

splittingDividing into parts
hewingCutting with an axe
timberWood for construction

kindling · firewood · logs · axe · tomahawk · cleaver · maul · woodsman · lumberjack · forestry

sharp

keen

Sharp or enthusiastic

bladeFlat cutting edge
edgedHad a border
cuttingDividing via sharp edge

cleaving · chopping · incisive · acute · honed · biting · trenchant · piercing · severing · slicing

facial

angular

Sharp-edged or rawboned

gauntLean from deprivation
chiseledSharply cut, well-defined
severeExtremely harsh or strict

stern · hard · bony · prominent · jutting · narrow · thin · pinched · drawn · austere

aggressive

hostile

Aggressively unfriendly

confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
belligerentHostile and eager to clash
forcefulExerting strong pressure

fierce · combative · harsh · brutal · ruthless · merciless · unsparing · blunt · cutting · severe

Opposites

shape/edge quality

hatchetlikeblunt

Dull or tactlessly direct

rounded · dull · curved · smooth · bulbous

Family

hatchet, hatchets, axelike, hatcheting, hatchetman, hatchetmen

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G