hairy
UK/ˈhɛə.ɹi//ˈhɛɹ.i/
hairy adjective: having a lot of body hair.
Adjective
hairy (comparative hairier, superlative hairiest)
- Having a lot of body hair.
- a hairy man
- Having a lot of fur.
- Near-synonyms: long-haired, furry, fluffy
- hairy mammoth
- Synonyms:
- long-haired, furry, fluffy
- Having hair growing from it.
- hairy chest; hairy back
- Long-haired.
- yelling about dirty, hairy hippies
- Seeming as if hair-covered or as if consisting of hair.
- Near-synonym: hairlike
- hairy cell leukemia
- Synonyms:
- hairlike
- Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.
- It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.
- Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.
- Some surfers prefer the hairy thrill of a big wave.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
- A couple people see her, watch her slide on by, don't get all hairy about it.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 243
- Synonyms:
- hair-raising
Noun
hairy (plural hairies)
- A haircut (the act of cutting of hair).
- Had the cutest elderly man come for a hairy today, told me he had to put his glasses on for the photos bc thy ^([sic]) made him look better2018 May 15, Madison Hair (@madisonhair__), “Madison Hair on Instagram”, in Instagram
hairy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hairy in Hindi
- बालों वाली
hairy in Tamil
- மயிருள்ள
hairy in Marathi
- of an animal
- केसाळ kesāḷ
hairy in Urdu
- بال دار, جھبرا, رویں دار
More languagesFewer languages
- hairy in Bengali
- কেশসংক্রান্ত, কেশিক, অমার্জিত, কেশে আবৃত
- hairy in Telugu
- నూగు nūgu
- hairy in Malayalam
- രോമമുള്ള, ബഹുലോമ, കേശിക, ലോമശ
- hairy in Kannada
- ಸಕೇಶ
- hairy in Gujarati
- વાળવાળું, વાળવાળા
- hairy in Odia
- ଲୋମଯୁକ୍ତ
- hairy in Sanskrit
- जटिल jaṭila
- hairy in Tagalog
- mabuhok, mabalahibo
- hairy in Arabic
- مَشْعَر mašʕar, مُشَعَّر mušaʕʕar
- hairy in Persian
- پرمو pormu
Examples of hairy in a sentence
- The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker.
- He was giving me the hairy eyeball.
- He was telling me about a girl looking at him and he said, "She gave me the hairy eyeball." That meant she liked him.
Synonyms of hairy
Antonyms
Forms of hairy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | hairier |
| superlative | hairiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | hairies |
Origin of hairy
From Middle English hery, heeri, hary, equivalent to hair + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian hierich (“hairy”), West Frisian hierrich (“hairy”), Dutch harig (“hairy”), German Low German harig (“hairy”), German haarig (“hairy”), Swedish hårig (“hairy”), Icelandic hárugur (“hairy”). Compare also Old English hǣriht (“hairy”) and ġehǣre (“hairy”). The sense "terrifying, scary" possibly results from a blend of hair-raising and scary.
From haircut + -y.
Words formed from hairy
- Andean hairy armadillo
- big, fat, hairy deal
- big hairy armadillo
- big hairy deal
- black hairy tongue syndrome
- hairily
- hairiness
- hairy arm
- hairy armadillo
- hairyback
- hairy balls
- hairy ball theorem
- hairy banana
- hairy canary
- hairy cell
- hairy click beetle
- hairy Darling pea
- hairy-eared dwarf lemur
- hairy elbow syndrome
- hairy eyeball
- hairyfish
- hairy frog
- hairy hedgehog
- hairy leukoplakia
- hairy molly
- hairy muff
- hairyness
- hairy nightshade
- hairy panic
- hairy-soled conyrat
- hairy spider orchid
- hairy-tailed mole
- hairy tare
- hairy vetch
- hairy willowherb
- hairy woodpecker
- nonhairy
- northern hairy-nosed wombat
- screaming hairy armadillo
- Shanghai hairy crab
- southern hairy-nosed wombat
- the hairy hell
- unhairy
- Venus's hairstone
Phrases with hairy
- Old Hairy
- hairy arms
- hairy cells
- hairy frogs
- hairy tares
- hairy bananas
- hairy mollies
- hairy vetches
- hairy canaries
- hairy eyeballs
- hairy hedgehogs
- hairy armadillos
12 more phrasesFewer phrases
- hairy nightshades
- hairy Darling peas
- hairy leukoplakias
- hairy click beetles
- big hairy armadillos
- hairy spider orchids
- rack off, hairy legs
- Shanghai hairy crabs
- big, fat, hairy deals
- Andean hairy armadillos
- screaming hairy armadillos
- first is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the hairy chest
Words that rhyme with hairy
Questions about hairy
- What does hairy mean?
- Hairy means having a lot of body hair.
- What is hairy in Hindi?
- Hairy in Hindi is बालों वाली. See Hairy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hairy?
- Hairy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hairy?
- Hairy is pronounced /ˈhɛə.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near hairy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairy (page history and authors); hairy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నూగు (Telugu) (page history and authors); hairy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hairy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); जटिल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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