bad hair day

noun

informal

: a day when one's hair is unattractive and unmanageable

You think you've had a bad hair day? One U.S. woman has hair problems that go way beyond such ordinary complaints as split ends.

—Science News

also : a bad day : a day with many problems, annoyances, etc.

Way back when Moses had that bad hair day on the mountain and broke the commandment tablets, I'm thinking when he put them all back together there was an 11th one missing.

—Dwain Walden

Examples of bad hair day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, analysts determined a score for each city and ranked them according to where people have the highest likelihood of a bad hair day. —Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024

As a Head Wrap Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Having a bad hair day? —Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025

Avoid a bad hair day and potential meltdown (quite literally) by packing the Conair Travel Hair Dryer. —Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025

Available in a few bright and neutral colors, get it for the guy who can’t be bothered with a bad hair day. —Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bad hair day

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway