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hairy
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
hairy
1
adj
having or covered with hair
2
adj
hazardous and frightening
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hairy
1
adj
having or covered with hair
“Jacob was a
hairy
man”
“a
hairy
caterpillar”
Synonyms:
haired
,
hirsute
canescent
,
hoary
covered with fine whitish hairs or down
coarse-furred
,
coarse-haired
having coarse hair or fur
comal
,
comate
,
comose
of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
curly-coated
,
curly-haired
covered with curly hair
dark-coated
,
dark-haired
covered with dark hair
downy
,
puberulent
,
pubescent
,
sericeous
covered with fine soft hairs or down
floccose
(of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs
furlike
resembling fur
furred
,
furry
covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
fuzzed
,
fuzzy
covering with fine light hairs
glossy-coated
,
glossy-furred
,
glossy-haired
having glossy hair
hispid
(of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
lanate
,
woolly
covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
long-haired
with long hair
pappose
(of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
pilary
,
pilose
,
pilous
covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
rough-haired
having hair that feels rough
shock-headed
having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair
short-haired
with short hair
silky-haired
having hair that resembles silk
silver-haired
having hair the color of silver
smooth-haired
having hair that feels smooth
snake-haired
(of monsters) having snakes for hair
soft-haired
having soft hair
stiff-haired
having stiff hair
thick-haired
having thick hair
tomentose
,
tomentous
densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
velvety-furred
,
velvety-haired
having hair that feels like velvet
wire-haired
,
wiry-coated
(especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair
wiry
of hair that resembles wire in stiffness
woolly
,
woolly-haired
,
wooly
,
wooly-haired
covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
Antonyms:
hairless
having no hair or fur
bald
,
bald-headed
,
bald-pated
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
balding
getting bald
beardless
,
smooth-faced
lacking hair on the face
depilatory
able to remove hair or render hairless
depilous
completely hairless
glabrescent
lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless
glabrous
having no hair or similar growth; smooth
naked-muzzled
having a muzzle that is hairless
naked-tailed
having a tail that is hairless
nonhairy
without hair
tonsured
having a bald spot either shaved or natural
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2
adj
hazardous and frightening
“
hairy
moments in the mountains”
Synonyms
alarming
frightening because of an awareness of danger
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