retrousse

1. 1.

   (used of noses) turned up at the end

   “a retrousse nose”

   “a small upturned nose”

   Synonymstip-tiltedupturned

   Similarshapely

Other forms of retrousse

comparative

retrousser·

superlative

retroussest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retrousse

What does retrousse mean?

retrousse means "(used of noses) turned up at the end".

How many syllables are in retrousse?

retrousse has 2 syllables: re-trousse. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for retrousse?

Close synonyms include tip-tilted, upturned. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retrousse a common word?

retrousse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.