shaggy
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Synonyms
bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred, furry, hairy, hirsute, rough, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)
Antonyms
bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth
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The shaggy-haired right-hander held the St. Louis Cardinals, a playoff contender with potent bats, to two hits and one walk across six innings with Sandy Koufax in attendance. — Los Angeles Times, "Tony Gonsolin aces his Dodger Stadium debut in victory over Cardinals," 5 Aug. 2019 The Barefoot Contessa,’’ director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s shaggy-dog satire of the film business starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. — Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, "Valentina Cortese, Italian film actress, dies at 96," 10 July 2019 Take British singer Dua Lipa, for example, who recently seen wearing a head-to-toe brown shaggy coat by Stella McCartney, a pioneer of the anti-fur movement. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "Bella Hadid Does Faux Fur the Supermodel Way," 6 Feb. 2019 Frank, at five foot seven, is one of the shortest coaches in the N.B.A. The young seven-footer with shaggy hair bends down, and Frank embraces him in an obviously consoling mode and vigorously pats him on the back. — Thomas Beller, The New Yorker, "Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, and the N.B.A. Free-Agent Kaleidoscope," 12 July 2019 The shaggy long red hair of Lou (Michaela Kurimsky) serves as a curtain, a blanket, but never a disguise. — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Review: Canadian drama ‘Firecrackers’ marks the daring arrival of new talent," 11 July 2019 The other suspect was described as a white man with shaggy dark hair and wearing a navy blue shirt and blue jeans. — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, "Golden police looking for two suspects in a shooting that injured one," 4 July 2019 The orchestra’s phrasing in the whisper-quiet introduction was a bit shaggy, but the sections pulled together soon enough. — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston Symphony Orchestra begins Tanglewood season in style," 7 July 2019 Whatever side of the border these clubs are on, most of them affect a shaggy, woodsy aesthetic, a little plaid here, some taxidermied animal there. — Jonny Diamond, Longreads, "Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime," 8 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shaggy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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