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shag·gy S0310900 (shăg′ē)adj. shag·gi·er, shag·gi·est 1. Having, covered with, or resembling long rough hair or wool.2. Bushy or matted: shaggy hair.3. Having a rough nap or surface, as a textile.4. Poorly groomed; unkempt.5. Marked by a lack of order or clarity in thinking, planning, or performance. shag′gi·ly adv.shag′gi·ness n.shaggy (ˈʃæɡɪ) adj, -gier or -giest1. having or covered with rough unkempt fur, hair, wool, etc: a shaggy dog. 2. rough or unkempt3. (Textiles) (in textiles) having a nap of long rough strands ˈshaggily adv ˈshagginess nshag•gy (ˈʃæg i) adj. -gi•er, -gi•est. 1. covered with or having long, rough hair. 2. untidy; unkempt. 3. forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane. 4. having a rough nap, as cloth. 5. done in a sloppy manner. [1580–90] shag′gi•ly, adv. shag′gi•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | shaggy - used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard"bushy, shaggy-coated, shaggy-hairedungroomed - not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair" | | 2. | shaggy - having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs"shaggedrough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" |
shaggyadjective unkempt, rough, tousled, hairy, long-haired, hirsute, unshorn He has long, shaggy hair. a shaggy dog cropped, smooth, shorn, short-haired, crew-cut, close-cropped, flat-woven, neatly-trimmed, short-piledTranslationsshaggy (ˈʃӕgi) adjective (covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance. The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog. (毛髮等)粗濃的,毛茸茸的 (毛发等)毛发粗浓杂乱的,蓬松的 ˈshagginess noun 一頭亂髮,毛茸茸 长成浓密繁茂的样子,毛茸茸 shaggy
shaggy dog storyA long-winded anecdote that has a silly or anticlimactic ending. The old man was known for telling shaggy dog stories that made people groan and scratch their heads when he reached the ending.See also: dog, shaggy, storyshaggy-dog Storya kind of funny story that relies for its humor on its length and its sudden ridiculous ending. Don't let John tell a shaggy-dog story. It'll go on for hours. Mary didn't get the point of Fred's shaggy-dog story.See also: storyshaggy-dog storyA long drawn-out anecdote with an absurd or anticlimactic ending. For example, At first he had us laughing wildly at his shaggy-dog stories, but after the third or fourth we found them tiresome . The term alludes to a well-known series of such stories, which involved a talking dog. [c. 1940] See also: storya shaggy-dog story a long, rambling story or joke, especially one that is amusing only because it is absurdly inconsequential or pointless. The expression, dating back to the 1940s, comes from the subject of one such anecdote, a dog with shaggy hair. 1993 New York Times Book Review The book has the unhurried pace of the best of the shaggy dog stories; the pleasure is all in the journey rather than the destination. See also: storya ˌshaggy-ˈdog story (informal) a long, complicated story or joke, which has no proper ending and is not very funny: He told us this joke, which turned out to be a shaggy-dog story, and I hate those!This expression comes from the subject of one particular story of this kind, a dog with long, untidy (shaggy) hair.See also: storyshaggy
shaggy (in textiles) having a nap of long rough strands shaggy
Synonyms for shaggyadj unkemptSynonyms- unkempt
- rough
- tousled
- hairy
- long-haired
- hirsute
- unshorn
Antonyms- cropped
- smooth
- shorn
- short-haired
- crew-cut
- close-cropped
- flat-woven
- neatly-trimmed
- short-piled
Synonyms for shaggyadj used of hairSynonyms- bushy
- shaggy-coated
- shaggy-haired
Related Wordsadj having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shagsSynonymsRelated Words |