Hairy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Covered with hair or hairlike projections: a hairy caterpillar.
  • adj. Consisting of or resembling hair: a hairy overcoat.
  • adj. Slang Fraught with difficulties; hazardous: a hairy escape; hairy problems.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body.
  • adj. Of an animal, having a lot of fur.
  • adj. Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it.
  • adj. Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
  • adj. Very complicated, difficult, or involved.
  • adj. Dangerous or frightening.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Overgrown with hair; covered or abounding with hair.
  • Consisting of hair or of something like hair; having the character or appearance of hair: as, the hairy covering of an animal; the hairy filaments of a plant.
  • Having or characterized by something resembling hair.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or covered with hair
  • adj. hazardous and frightening
  • Equivalent
    sericeous    pilary    furry    pilous    long-haired    silky-haired    woolly-haired    floccose    furlike    shock-headed   
    Antonym
    bald    bare   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    hairiest    hairier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hirsute    hairish    hispid    bristly    shaggy    crinite    kempy    comose    comous    pilose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    furry    bony    ugly    skinny    naked    muscular    dirty    bearded    plump    fleshy