Usually means: Elongated facial shape, often sad.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word long face:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. long face: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. long face: Merriam-Webster
  3. long face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. long face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. long face: Collins English Dictionary
  6. long face: Wiktionary
  7. long face: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. long face: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. long face: Dictionary.com
  10. Long face: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. long face: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. long face: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (long face)

▸ noun:  An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom.

Similar:
face, Friday face, moon-face, fatface, frowny face, moon face, frowny, moonface, downface, duckface, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, happy face

Types:
glum, sad, dismal, pessimistic, morose, dour, more...

Phrases:
Long face syndrome, wear a long face, wearing a long face, removed her long hair out her face, put on a long face, more...

Adjectives:
glum, grim, weepy, lancinating, sobby, edgy, dour, surly, cankery, moody, dolesome



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Similar:
face, Friday face, moon-face, fatface, frowny face, moon face, frowny, moonface, downface, duckface, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, happy face

Types:
glum, sad, dismal, pessimistic, morose, dour, more...

Phrases:
Long face syndrome, wear a long face, wearing a long face, removed her long hair out her face, put on a long face, more...

Adjectives:
glum, grim, weepy, lancinating, sobby, edgy, dour, surly, cankery, moody, dolesome



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