nosed

1 of 2

adjective

ˈnōzd 

: having a nose especially of a specified kind

—usually used in combination

snub-nosed

nosed

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of nose entry 2

Examples of nosed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The joey’s arrival was the first successful birth of a southern hairy-nosed wombat in Zoo Miami’s history. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026

Yet their portrait of the artist as a hopeless snot-nosed punk doesn’t seem interested in knowing who this guy was past being another dude in search of a purpose. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

No ’90s family was complete without a snot-nosed brother, and Matilda was no exception. — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Quesst—a needle-nosed experimental aircraft with an airframe designed to reduce the typical sonic boom to a sonic thump. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing nosed

• bottle-nosed dolphin
• hard-nosed
• sharp-nosed
• short-nosed cattle louse
• shovel-nosed
• snub-nosed
• star-nosed mole
• toffee-nosed

Rhymes for nosed

• apposed
• bulldozed
• composed
• deposed
• disclosed
• disposed
• enclosed
• exposed
• foreclosed
• imposed
• inclosed
• opposed