Shaggy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having, covered with, or resembling long rough hair or wool.
  • adj. Bushy or matted: shaggy hair.
  • adj. Having a rough nap or surface, as a textile.
  • adj. Poorly groomed; unkempt.
  • adj. Marked by a lack of order or clarity in thinking, planning, or performance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed.
  • adj. Rough; rugged; jaggy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rough with long hair or wool.
  • adj. Rough; rugged; jaggy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rough, coarse, or unkempt; thick, rough, and irregular.
  • Rough; covered with long coarse or bushy hair, or with something resembling it.
  • In botany, pubescent or downy with long and soft hairs; villous.
  • In embryology, villous: noting specifically that part of the chorion which develops long villous processes, and thus enters into the formation of the placenta, the rest of the chorion remaining smooth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
  • adj. used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
  • Equivalent
    unsmooth    rough    ungroomed   
    Variant
    shaggier    shaggiest   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rough    rugged    jaggy    unkempt    unshorn    nappy    bushy    bristling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aggie    Baggie    Maggie    aggie    baggie    baggy    craggy    daggy    draggy    maggie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bushy    hairy    grizzle    wiry    unkempt    tawny    woolly    silky    grey    gaunt