tip-tilted

1. 1.

   (used of noses) turned up at the end

   “a retrousse nose”

   “a small upturned nose”

   Synonymsretrousseupturned

   Similarshapely

Questions about tip-tilted

What does tip-tilted mean?

tip-tilted means "(used of noses) turned up at the end".

How many syllables are in tip-tilted?

tip-tilted has 3 syllables: tip--til-ted. The stress falls on "tip-".

What is another word for tip-tilted?

Close synonyms include retrousse, 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 tip-tilted a common word?

tip-tilted 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.