Word forms: comparative hairier, superlative hairiest
1. adjective
Someone or something that is hairy is covered with hairs.
He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.
The plant has serrated and hairy leaves.
2. adjective
If you describe a situation as hairy, you mean that it is exciting, worrying, and rather frightening.
[informal]
His driving was a bit hairy.
Synonyms: dangerous, scary [informal], risky, unpredictable More Synonyms of hairy
More Synonyms of hairy
hairy in British English
(ˈhɛərɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: hairier or hairiest
1.
having or covered with hair
2. slang
a.
difficult or problematic
b.
scaring, dangerous, or exciting
Derived forms
hairiness (ˈhairiness)
noun
hairy in American English
(ˈhɛri)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈhairier or ˈhairiest
1.
covered with hair; hirsute
2.
of or like hair
3. US, Slang
difficult, distressing, harrowing, etc.
Derived forms
hairiness (ˈhairiness)
noun
Examples of 'hairy' in a sentence
hairy
There is a hairy moment but it is a short period of time.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The first river is shallow, but the next is a bit hairy and we link arms to get across.
The Sun (2016)
He was brought down in a shocking pile up at Cheltenham last week and needs to prove he has recovered from that hairy moment.
The Sun (2016)
If I land in the sticks then it's probably a bit more hairy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their hairy legs leave them susceptible to skin diseases.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This breed of rather specially hairy ponies is a special favourite of hers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There were hairy moments right until the end.
The Sun (2014)
The hairy hobbit has long been obsessed with sound.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When we were dipping and going left to right it was a bit hairy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There were a couple of hairy moments during our journey.
The Sun (2008)
So you might have a woman with a really hairy chest.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Had one hairy moment when he did not quite make it to a cross.
The Sun (2008)
I'M not ashamed of my hairy chest.
The Sun (2012)
It got a little bit hairy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But it was hairy at times.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They are both friendly, hairy and a little all over the place.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And we know exactly how she keeps them hot, rather than hairy.
The Sun (2014)
That's when things got a little hairy.
Christianity Today (2000)
HAD a hairy time dealing with his first corner but recovered well.
The Sun (2008)
I was a first-time entrepreneur and speaking to venture capitalists for the first time was quite hairy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THE game in Liege was rather hairy but Arsenal still won and they should do so again.
The Sun (2009)
In other languages
hairy
British English: hairy /ˈhɛərɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Someone or something that is hairy is covered with a lot of hair.
He was wearing shorts which showed his hairy legs.
American English: hairy
Arabic: أَشْعَر
Brazilian Portuguese: peludo
Chinese: 多毛的
Croatian: dlakav
Czech: chlupatý
Danish: behåret
Dutch: harig
European Spanish: peludo
Finnish: karvainen
French: poilu
German: behaart
Greek: μαλλιαρός
Italian: peloso
Japanese: 毛深い
Korean: 털이 많은
Norwegian: hårete
Polish: owłosiony
European Portuguese: peludo
Romanian: păros
Russian: волосатый
Latin American Spanish: peludo
Swedish: hårig
Thai: เต็มไปด้วยขน
Turkish: kıllı
Ukrainian: волохатий
Vietnamese: rậm lông
All related terms of 'hairy'
hairy frog
a W African frog , Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
hairy tare
Vicia hirsuta , a vetch plant of Eurasia and N Africa
hairy vetch
a common annual plant ( Vicia villosa ) with hairy foliage and numerous small blue flowers, grown for forage or for use as green manure
hairy willowherb
an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America , having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
codlins-and-cream
an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America, having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
Chinese translation of 'hairy'
hairy
(ˈhɛərɪ)
adj
[person, arms, animal]多毛的 (duōmáo de)
[leaf, stem]毛茸茸的 (máoróngróng de)
(inf)[situation]惊(驚)险(險)的 (jīngxiǎn de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
covered with hair
They saw a massive, hairy animal at the window.
Synonyms
shaggy
He has long, shaggy hair.
a shaggy dog
woolly
The plant has silvery, woolly leaves.
furry
thick furry tails
stubbly
bushy
a bushy tail
bearded
a bearded 40-year-old sociology professor
unshaven
hirsute (formal)
a large, hirsute fellow with an aggressive, blustery personality
fleecy
fleecy walking jackets
bewhiskered
pileous (biology)
pilose (biology)
2 (adjective)
Definition
dangerous, exciting, and difficult
(slang)
His driving was a bit hairy.
Synonyms
dangerous
a dangerous undertaking
scary (informal)
I think prison is going to be a scary thing for Harry.