hairy as an adjective: - 1
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hairy
adjective
1 hairy
Having or covered with hair:
— Jacob was a hairy man.
— A hairy caterpillar.
synonyms: haired, hirsute.
Roget 205:
filamentous,
filamentiferous†,
filaceous†,
filiform†;
fibrous,
fibrillous†;
thread-like,
wiry,
stringy,
ropy;
capillary,
capilliform†;
funicular,
wire-drawn;
anguilliform†;
flagelliform†;
hairy
etc.
(rough)
256;
taeniate†,
taeniform†,
taenioid†;
venose†,
venous.
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Roget 256:
rough,
uneven,
scabrous,
scaly,
knotted;
rugged,
rugose†,
rugous†;
knurly†;
asperous†,
crisp,
salebrous†,
gnarled,
unpolished,
unsmooth†,
roughhewn†;
craggy,
cragged;
crankling†,
scraggy;
prickly
etc.
(sharp)
253;
arborescent
etc.
242†;
leafy,
well-wooded;
feathery;
plumose,
plumigerous†;
laciniate†,
laciniform†,
laciniose†;
pappose†;
pileous†,
pilose†;
trichogenous†,
trichoid [Med.];
tufted,
fimbriated,
hairy,
ciliated,
filamentous,
hirsute;
crinose†,
crinite†;
bushy,
hispid,
villous,
pappous†,
bearded,
pilous†,
shaggy,
shagged;
fringed,
befringed†;
setous†,
setose†,
setaceous;
like quills upon the fretful porcupine"
[Hamlet];
rough as a nutmeg grater,
rough as a bear.
downy,
velvety,
flocculent,
woolly;
lanate†,
lanated†;
lanuginous†,
lanuginose†;
tomentose†;
fluffy.
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Dutch: behaard, oorlogszuchtig
Polish: włochaty
2 hairy
Hazardous and frightening.
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