hirsute

  • 21hirsute — Synonyms and related words: barbellate, bristled, bristling, bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, glochidiate, hairy, hispid, lanate, matted, nappy, peachy, pilose, pinnate, pubescent,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22hirsute — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hairy, woolly, bearded, furry; see hairy 1 , shaggy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Covered with hair: fleecy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, pilose, woolly. See SMOOTH …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23hirsute — hir|sute [ˈhə:sju:t, hə:ˈsju:t US ˈhə:rsu:t, hə:rˈsu:t] adj literary humorous [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: hirsutus] having a lot of hair on your body and face →↑hairy …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24hirsute — hir·sute || hÉœrsuːt / hɜːsjuːt adj. hairy, shaggy; covered with coarse bristly hairs (Botany); of or pertaining to hair; characteristic of hair …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25hirsute — a. 1. Hairy, shaggy, bristled, bristly. 2. Coarse, rough, rude, uncouth, boorish, unmannerly, rustic, ill bred, loutish …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 26hirsute — adjective literary or humorous having a lot of hair especially on your body and face …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27hirsute —   Covered with short coarse hairs, e.g. the leaves of Encephalartos hirsutus.   See also lanate, pilose, pubescent, sericeous, tomentose.   Cf. glabrous, nitidus …

    Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

  • 28hirsute — adj hairy, shaggy, crinite, comose; fuzzy, linty, fleecy, furry; bearded, whiskered, unshaven. See hairy …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 29hirsute — hir·sute …

    English syllables

  • 30hirsute — hir•sute [[t]ˈhɜr sut, hɜrˈsut[/t]] adj. hairy; shaggy • Etymology: 1615–25; < L hir sūtus rough, shaggy, bristly hir′sute•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

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