hook-nosed
hook-nosed — adjective
1. with a nose that sticks out and bends down, shaped a little like an eagle's beak
with a nose that sticks out and bends down, shaped a little like an eagle's beak
Eleni's hook-nosed profile was so striking that a street artist in Heraklion asked permission to sketch her.
describing facial features: hook-nosed profile
The hook-nosed figure in the sixth-century Ravenna mosaic turned out to be a general who had served three emperors.
Kwame's hook-nosed uncle always spotted the freshest fish at the harbour before anyone else did.
The hook-nosed librarian peered over her glasses and pointed Dmitri toward the history section.
Fatima drew a hook-nosed witch on the board, and the whole class burst out laughing at the crooked nose.
- aquiline
formal term, from Latin word for eagle
- Roman-nosed
describes a nose with a high, prominent bridge
- beak-nosed
informal and more directly comparing to a bird's beak
- snub-nosed
describes a short nose that turns up at the tip