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большой лоб; здоровый лоб Colloquial
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a large forehead
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огромный лоб
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an enormous forehead
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сократовский лоб
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a Socratic forehead
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лобастый Substandard; большелобый
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having a large forehead
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высокий лоб
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a high forehead
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широкий лоб
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a broad forehead
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NB
The size and shape of a forehead are considered to reflect a person's intellectual properties. Therefore the corresponding expressions have connotations of intelligence or, on the contrary, stupidity, narrow-mindedness; the expressions большой,
огромный, сократовский or высокий лоб, above, are associated with intelligence, while the expressions маленький, узкий or покатый лоб, below, are associated with stupidity.
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небольшой лоб; маленький лоб
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a small forehead
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низкий лоб; невысокий лоб
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a low forehead
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Седые его волосы висели клочьями над невысоким лбом. [И. Тургенев, Дворянское гнездо]
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Wisps of grey hair hung over his low forehead. [I. Turgenev, A Nest of Gentlefolk]
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низколобый
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having a low forehead
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узкий лоб
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a narrow forehead
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узколобый
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having a narrow forehead
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NB
The word узколобый is also used metaphorically to mean "narrow-minded." Cf. твердолобый, used only metaphorically, which means "hard-headed, stubborn."
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крутой лоб
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a steep forehead
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крутолобый
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having a steep forehead
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выпуклый лоб
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a protuberant forehead
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покатый лоб
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a sloping forehead
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прямой лоб
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a straight forehead
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гладкий лоб
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a smooth forehead
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мраморный лоб
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a marble brow
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чистый лоб
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a pure brow, usually a large, broad forehead with smooth skin
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... веки его были чуть опущены, но лоб, чистый, мраморный, был невозмутим. [А. Битов, Уроки Армении]
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... his eyelids were lowered a bit, but his pure marble brow was imperturbable. [A. Bitov, Lessons of Armenia]
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ясный лоб
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a clear brow, indicating that its possessor is untroubled, unworried
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безмятежный лоб Bookish
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a serene forehead
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морщинистый лоб
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a wrinkled brow, a furrowed brow
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морщины на лбуloc; складки на лбуloc
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wrinkles on one's forehead, brow
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шишковатый лоб
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a bumpy forehead
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открытый лоб
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an uncovered forehead, i.e. usually a high forehead without a scarf, bangs, etc. on it
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лоб с залысинамиi
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a receding hairline
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красивый лоб
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a pretty forehead
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некрасивый лоб
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an unattractive forehead, an ugly forehead
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умный лоб
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an intelligent forehead
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лоб мыслителяg
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a thinker's brow
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дегенеративный лоб
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a degenerate brow
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упрямый лоб
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a stubborn forehead
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белолобый
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having a star or blaze on its forehead
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NB
The above word is used only of animals with a star or blaze on their foreheads.
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