noun
- a nose that is curved or hooked, resembling a hawk's beak
Usage: often used in physical descriptions
adjective
- having a curved or hooked nose
Usage: descriptive term for facial features
Examples
- The portrait showed a man with a prominent hawknose and piercing eyes.
- She had a hawknose that gave her face a distinctive, sharp appearance.
- The character was described as hawknose and thin-lipped.
- His hawknose was a family trait passed down through generations.
- The sculpture captured the subject's hawknose in fine detail.