dirty-faced

An old-fashioned compound adjective describing someone, typically a child, whose face is marked or smeared with dirt.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes zusammengesetztes Adjektiv, das eine Person, meist ein Kind, beschreibt, deren Gesicht schmutzig oder beschmutzt ist.

1. Having a dirty face A2 informal

   Having a face that is covered in dirt, grime, or stains.

   • The dirty-faced child came in from playing outside.
   • He looked dirty-faced after working in the garden all day.
   • She wiped her dirty-faced son with a wet cloth.

   🇩🇪Mit schmutzigem Gesicht

   Synonyme: begrimedunwashed

   Antonyme: clean

• more dirty-faced comparative form
• most dirty-faced superlative form