sad-faced

1. 1.

   having a face with a sad expression

   “the sad-faced clown”

   Similarfaced

Questions about sad-faced

What does sad-faced mean?

sad-faced means "having a face with a sad expression".

How many syllables are in sad-faced?

sad-faced has 2 syllables: sad--faced. The stress falls on "sad-".

Is sad-faced a common word?

sad-faced is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.