baby face
noun
plural baby faces
1
: a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence
2
professional wrestling
: a wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match
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Mysterio would quickly become one of the most popular baby faces in the company, partially due to his incredible in-ring style.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Runway helped provide the AI baby faces in last year’s Venice Film Festival premiere Baby Invasion, a hybrid movie-videogame centered on a home invasion by thieves wearing baby masks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
Baby Invasion is presented as a hyper-realistic, multiplayer first-person shooter game following a group of mercenaries masking their identity with baby face avatars.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
What our gifter says: There’s truly nothing cuter than a bunch of baby faces all over socks.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
When Wilson’s lanky frame and baby face graced the big screen, the room erupted.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Standing way back in the pines on the only hole Augusta National lengthened for this Masters stood a towering man with a baby face and a naive disposition.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Runway helped provide the AI baby faces in last year’s Venice Film Festival premiere Baby Invasion, a hybrid movie-videogame centered on a home invasion by thieves wearing baby masks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
Baby Invasion is presented as a hyper-realistic, multiplayer first-person shooter game following a group of mercenaries masking their identity with baby face avatars.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
What our gifter says: There’s truly nothing cuter than a bunch of baby faces all over socks.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
When Wilson’s lanky frame and baby face graced the big screen, the room erupted.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Standing way back in the pines on the only hole Augusta National lengthened for this Masters stood a towering man with a baby face and a naive disposition.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Baby face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20face. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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