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单词 brushy
释义

brushy

1 of 2

adjective (1)

ˈbrə-shē How to pronounce brushy (audio)
brushier; brushiest
: covered with or abounding in brush or brushwood
brushy hills
a brushy habitat

brushy

2 of 2

adjective (2)

brushier; brushiest
: shaggy, rough
a brushy moustache

Synonyms

Adjective (2)

  • bristly
  • cottony
  • fleecy
  • furred
  • furry
  • hairy
  • hirsute
  • rough
  • shaggy
  • silky
  • unshorn
  • woolly
  • wooly
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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

1567, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

1665, in the meaning defined above

brushy

adjective

as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair the vogue for brushy cheeks on men reached a whimsical apex in the 19th century when muttonchop whiskers came in fashion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shaggy
  • hairy
  • silky
  • bristly
  • woolly
  • hirsute
  • cottony
  • furred
  • rough
  • fluffy
  • fleecy
  • wooly
  • furry
  • unshorn
  • bearded
  • stubbled
  • stubbly
  • fuzzy
  • whiskered
  • bewhiskered
  • mustachioed
  • downy
  • moustachioed
  • linty
  • nappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bald
  • smooth
  • hairless
  • glabrous
  • shorn
  • shaven
  • shaved
  • furless
  • beardless
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