turned-up nose

Retroussé nasal profile

A turned-up nose has a tip that angles slightly upward, with nostrils somewhat visible from the front.

The feature is often considered cute or attractive: She had freckles and a turned-up nose.

A turned-up nose also suggests snobbishness or disdain, from the gesture of tilting one's nose upward at someone: He looked at us with his turned-up nose.

Related
  • snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
  • buttonDisc through a hole
  • upturnedRotated to face above
  • pertBoldly cheeky
  • cuteAttractively charming

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Opposites
nose shape/direction

turned-up noseaquiline nose

Curved, beak-like nasal shape

hooked nose · Roman nose · hawk nose · long nose · straight nose

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G