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Meaning of hawklike in English:

hawklike

Pronunciation /ˈhɔːklʌɪk/

adjective

See hawk

‘My face is too hawklike, too sharp and opaque in emotion to really be appealing.’
  • ‘He is enormous, with a caveman's backward-sloping brow, a hawklike proboscis, and a lumbering walk.’
  • ‘He has red hair and brilliant green eyes, fringed with lashes night-black, so he seems almost hawklike.’
  • ‘A lady was standing straight and tall by the rail, leaning on her parasol, and observing the other guests on the boat, with severe, hawklike eyes.’
  • ‘Never one for preamble, Vaughn's heavy features were hawklike with concentration.’