hairy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for hairy
Synonyms
bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred, furry, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)
Antonyms
bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth
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The females are quite striking too, with dense feathery structures on their hind legs (the technical term for these hairy structures are scopa). — oregonlive.com, "Can you identify this fabulous little bee? Ask an expert," 10 Aug. 2019 Put it that way and things start to sound a little ethically hairy. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "AI Needs Your Data—and You Should Get Paid for It," 8 Aug. 2019 The shell of a hairy crab is perishable, but king crab shells are residual. — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, "What’s that hairy crab doing in your recycling? Shanghai residents struggle with new trash rules.," 29 July 2019 In a sharp departure, razor brand Billie is trying something new: ads featuring naturally hairy women. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "A new razor brand is encouraging women not to shave," 24 July 2019 Her friends at the table are covering one man's hairy arms with thick blue glitter and weaving flowers into another girl's hair. — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, "10 hours, 3 festivals: What Forecastle, Lebowski Fest and Jane Austen have in common," 14 July 2019 There were enormous hairy wombats called Diprotodons that weighed over two tons, towering flightless birds called Genyornis, and Macropus titan, a nine-foot-tall kangaroo. — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019 One of the key ingredients is coconut coir, the brown hairy stuff on the outside of a coconut. — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Local businesses recognized by Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs," 20 Aug. 2019 When the pond is drained, a hairy wild man with rusty skin is found. — John Orr, The Mercury News, "On Stage: ‘Iron John’ takes a look at a generation coming to grips with racist past," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hairy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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