frizzier; frizziest
of hair
: not smooth and neat because individual shafts are variably wavy and do not align together
When hair is frizzy or damaged, its outer cover, or cuticle, is riddled with lifted or missing sections that allow the hair's inner cortex to soak up hair-swelling moisture.—
Victoria Clayton
Victoria Clayton
frizziness
noun
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And my hair is very, very frizzy.
—Eden Stuart, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
Enter a rock-and-roll trio of fashion-designer tailors with red, black, and frizzy brown hair, all wearing wildly colorful countercultural garb.
—Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, a glaze is ideal for adding shine to the hair and making frizzy hair more manageable, with a hint of toning.
—Tessa Petak, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
Behind the refrigerator came...a frizzy headed man...in a gray sweatshirt with his pistol pointed at me.
—Gail Zimmerman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Eden Stuart, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
Enter a rock-and-roll trio of fashion-designer tailors with red, black, and frizzy brown hair, all wearing wildly colorful countercultural garb.
—Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, a glaze is ideal for adding shine to the hair and making frizzy hair more manageable, with a hint of toning.
—Tessa Petak, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
Behind the refrigerator came...a frizzy headed man...in a gray sweatshirt with his pistol pointed at me.
—Gail Zimmerman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for frizzy
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“Frizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frizzy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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