Facial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Origin

From French facial

Full definition of facial

Adjective

1. Of or affecting the face.

Coordinate terms

Noun

1. a personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
2. (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
• 2004, Simon Popple, ‎Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory (page 92)But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details ...
3. (slang, in some contact sports) A which involves one player hitting another in the face.
4. (vulgar, slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.He gave his wife a creamy facial.

Related terms

• facially

Derived terms

• facial cream
• facial expression
• facial feature
• facial hair
• facial nerve
• facial profiling