I.
noun
1 front part of the head
ADJECTIVE
▪ angelic , beautiful , cute , handsome , lovely , perfect , pleasant , pretty , sweet
▪ plain , terrible , ugly
▪ colourless/colorless , grey/gray , pale , pallid , white
▪ flushed , pink , red , ruddy
▪
Her ~ was flushed after her run.
▪ tanned
▪ dark
▪ sallow
▪ heart-shaped , oval , round , square
▪ bearded , freckled , unshaven
▪ smooth
▪ lined , wrinkled
▪ pock-marked
▪ fat , plump
▪
She had a plump, pretty ~.
▪ gaunt , haggard , lean , pinched , thin , wizened
▪ craggy , rugged
▪
a craggy ~ with deep-set eyes and bushy brows
▪ delicate
▪ elfin
▪
Her short hair suited her elfin ~.
▪ baby
▪ painted
▪ happy , smiling
▪ tear-stained , tear-streaked ( esp. AmE )
▪ human
VERB + FACE
▪ have
▪
She has a beautiful, oval ~.
▪ tilt , turn
▪
She turned her ~ away.
▪
He tilted her ~ up to his.
▪ bury , cover , hide
FACE + VERB
▪ look , peer , stare
▪
A ~ peered around the door at him.
▪ appear
PREPOSITION
▪ in the/sb's ~
▪
The ball hit him in the ~.
▪
His eyes were sunken in his gaunt ~.
▪ on the/sb's ~
▪
She put some powder on her ~.
PHRASES
▪ a sea of ~s (= many faces)
▪
From the stage, he looked down at a sea of ~s.
2 expression on sb's face
ADJECTIVE
▪ animated , cheerful , friendly , grinning , happy , radiant , smiling
▪
the sight of Sarah's smiling ~ beaming up at him
▪ smiley
▪
She drew a little yellow smiley ~.
▪ anxious , concerned , troubled , worried
▪ frightened , shocked , surprised
▪ disgusted
▪
She made a disgusted ~ at that and walked away.
▪ angry , furious
▪ hard , set , stern
▪
His ~ was set and hard.
▪ grave , grim , serious , solemn
▪ long , sad
▪
The news for the company isn't good, judging from the long ~s in the boardroom.
▪ tired
▪ funny
▪
She made a funny ~ and gave a snorting sort of laugh.
▪ honest , innocent , kind
▪ expectant
▪ rapt
▪ expressive , open
▪
She looked at the honest, open ~ of her husband.
▪ blank , expressionless , impassive , poker
▪
His ~ remained impassive, so strong was his self-control.
VERB + FACE
▪ make , pull
▪
What are you pulling a ~ at now?
▪ search
▪
He searched her ~ for some clue as to what she meant.
▪ appear on , cross , spread across
▪
A slight smirk appeared on his ~.
▪
A wry smile crossed his ~.
FACE + VERB
▪ look , seem
▪
His ~ looked a little confused.
▪ grow , turn
▪
Her ~ suddenly grew serious.
▪ brighten , glow , light up
▪
Her little ~ lit up when I gave her the present.
▪ beam , smile
▪
The ~ smiled benignly at him.
▪ break into a smile
▪
Her ~ broke into a wide smile.
▪ cloud , crumple , drop , fall
▪
Her ~ crumpled and she started crying.
▪
‘I can't come,’ she said. His ~ fell.
▪ clear
▪
His ~ cleared and she smiled back.
▪ darken , harden , set
▪
Her ~ darkened with anger.
▪
His ~ set in grim lines.
▪ soften
▪
The father's ~ softened as he hugged his little boy.
▪ burn , flame , flush , go red , redden
▪
Jack's ~ flushed with embarrassment.
▪ go white , pale
▪
Her ~ paled with fright.
▪ contort , crease , pucker , tighten , twist
▪
Her ~ contorted in pain.
▪ betray sth , reveal sth , show sth
▪
Her ~ betrayed no emotion at all.
PREPOSITION
▪ on sb's ~
▪
She had a big smile on her ~.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ like thunder (= a very angry face) ( BrE )
▪
Mr Hibbs came in with a ~ like thunder.
▪ keep a straight ~ (= not laugh or smile, although you find sth funny)
▪ an/the expression on sb's ~ , a/the look on sb's ~
▪
The look on his ~ was priceless.
▪ a grin on sb's ~ , a smile on sb's ~ , a smirk on sb's ~
▪ a frown on sb's ~
▪
He had a slight frown on his ~.
3 front part/side of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ front , rear
▪ North , South , etc.
▪ steep
▪
We slowly climbed the steep ~ of the crag.
▪ cliff , rock
▪ clock
PHRASES
▪ ~ down , ~ downwards/downward
▪
She placed the cards ~ down on the table.
▪ ~ up , ~ upwards/upward
4 person
ADJECTIVE
▪ familiar , old
▪
I looked around for a familiar ~.
▪
I'm so bored with seeing the same old ~s!
▪ different , fresh , new , strange , unfamiliar
▪ famous , well-known
▪
a restaurant where you often see famous ~s
VERB + FACE
▪ see
5 particular character/aspect of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ human
▪
bureaucracy with a human ~
▪ acceptable , unacceptable (both esp. BrE )
▪
Social deprivation is the unacceptable ~ of capitalism.
▪ public
▪
He has become the public ~ of the company.
▪ true
▪ changing
▪
the changing ~ of Britain
▪ entire , whole
▪
This discovery changed the whole ~ of science.
II.
verb
Face is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ challenge , ↑ country , ↑ danger , ↑ dilemma , ↑ door , ↑ flat , ↑ house , ↑ immigrant , ↑ industry , ↑ issue , ↑ palm , ↑ peril , ↑ problem , ↑ room , ↑ task , ↑ wall , ↑ window
Face is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accusation , ↑ allegation , ↑ altar , ↑ annihilation , ↑ army , ↑ arrest , ↑ assault , ↑ axe , ↑ backlash , ↑ bankruptcy , ↑ barrage , ↑ barrier , ↑ batter , ↑ battle , ↑ bill , ↑ blackboard , ↑ camera , ↑ catastrophe , ↑ censure , ↑ challenge , ↑ challenger , ↑ chaos , ↑ charge , ↑ choice , ↑ closure , ↑ collapse , ↑ competition , ↑ competitor , ↑ consequence , ↑ constraint , ↑ court martial , ↑ courtyard , ↑ crisis , ↑ criticism , ↑ cross-examination , ↑ crossroads , ↑ crowd , ↑ cut , ↑ danger , ↑ deadline , ↑ death , ↑ decision , ↑ defeat , ↑ deficit , ↑ delay , ↑ demand , ↑ demon , ↑ deportation , ↑ depression , ↑ destiny , ↑ detention , ↑ difficulty , ↑ dilemma , ↑ direction , ↑ disadvantage , ↑ disappointment , ↑ disaster , ↑ discrimination , ↑ dismissal , ↑ enemy , ↑ enquiry , ↑ eviction , ↑ execution , ↑ expulsion , ↑ extinction , ↑ extradition , ↑ fact , ↑ famine , ↑ fate , ↑ fear , ↑ fight , ↑ fine , ↑ firing squad , ↑ future , ↑ hardship , ↑ hazard , ↑ hostility , ↑ humiliation , ↑ hurdle , ↑ imprisonment , ↑ indictment , ↑ intimidation , ↑ issue , ↑ jail , ↑ justice , ↑ limitation , ↑ mankind , ↑ mirror , ↑ mountain , ↑ mutiny , ↑ nightmare , ↑ obstacle , ↑ onslaught , ↑ opponent , ↑ opposition , ↑ oppression , ↑ ordeal , ↑ penalty , ↑ peril , ↑ persecution , ↑ pitcher , ↑ possibility , ↑ predicament , ↑ prejudice , ↑ pressure , ↑ prison , ↑ problem , ↑ prosecution , ↑ prospect , ↑ punishment , ↑ question , ↑ questioning , ↑ reality , ↑ rear , ↑ redundancy , ↑ repatriation , ↑ reprisal , ↑ resistance , ↑ retaliation , ↑ revolt , ↑ ridicule , ↑ rigour , ↑ risk , ↑ rival , ↑ roadblock , ↑ ruin , ↑ sack , ↑ scrutiny , ↑ sentence , ↑ setback , ↑ shake-up , ↑ shortage , ↑ showdown , ↑ situation , ↑ spectre , ↑ starvation , ↑ storm , ↑ struggle , ↑ suit , ↑ suspension , ↑ task , ↑ termination , ↑ test , ↑ threat , ↑ tragedy , ↑ trauma , ↑ trial , ↑ tribunal , ↑ truth , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ unemployment , ↑ unknown , ↑ wait , ↑ wall , ↑ world , ↑ wrath