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[ feys-lis ] / ˈfeɪs lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR faceless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout a face: a faceless apparition. lacking personal distinction or identity: a faceless mob. unidentified or unidentifiable; concealing one's identity: a faceless kidnapper. Origin of facelessFirst recorded in 1560–70; face + -less OTHER WORDS FROM facelessface·less·ness, nounWords nearby facelessfacedown, face flies, face gear, face-harden, face it, faceless, face-lift, facemail, face mask, face-nail, face-off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for facelessWe laughed hard, harder even than those nameless, faceless laughers in whatever mysterious locale Bill Cosby was performing. When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST A nameless, faceless entity known to his followers as Spot News, the handle of his Twitter and Instagram accounts. Chicago’s Real-Life 'Nightcrawler'|Justin Glawe|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST In a message that would resonate profoundly if given today, he warned against the intrusive power of a faceless state. Remembering Reagan’s Defining Speech|Stuart Stevens|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Especially not by the faceless boogymen that spew threats with no accountability. Sarah Silverman’s History of Pro-Woman, Liberal, and Vagina-Related Activism|Asawin Suebsaeng|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today, in the name of progress, we have faceless interstate highways, clear-cut logging, and industrial farming. Rackstraw Downes’s Art and Essays Are Two Sides of the Same Genius|Bill Morris|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST He looked down at the faceless figure on the floor and shook his head. The Plotters|Alexander Blade One of the Greek main characters, you know, is to be απροσωπος, faceless. Lectures on Landscape|John Ruskin This was uncanny, but it was not so terrible as the faceless form. Armorel of Lyonesse|Walter Besant But the people were faceless no longer, except for one that knelt before the group in a tense attitude. Assignment's End|Roger Dee She was connected somehow with the faceless people of his hallucinations. Assignment's End|Roger Dee
British Dictionary definitions for faceless
adjectivewithout a face without identity; anonymous Derived forms of facelessfacelessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to facelessnameless, forgettable, bland, plain, stark, unadorned, characterless |