BEARDED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of bearded

as in mustachioed

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verb

past tense of beard

as in confronted

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den

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The family's bearded dragon was later found alive and survived after 24 hours in critical care. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Sweltering 94 degree heat encased San Jose on June 11, but that didn’t stop dozens of middle-age and bearded men from confidently strutting around Santana Row in heels. — Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 In photos shared by police, the bearded man can be seem walking out of a Best Buy store while wearing a bucket hat and Calvin Klein t-shirt. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 24 June 2026 There were three ball pythons named Eve, Diesel and Muggo and a bearded dragon named Bowser sporting a straw-boater hat. — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearded

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South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Sadly, anyone hoping to see his mustachioed self opposite Hudson Williams' Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie's Ilya Rozanov in 2027 may be disappointed.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

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Blake confronted Killian during guys’ night, but Killian denied speaking negatively about Hayley.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
While Anthropic’s recent Claude’s World Cup ad confronted growing fears about AI directly, Meta’s instead showed images of Jalen Brunson and the Knicks, and of people snowboarding and playing with kids.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of confronted

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On top of the appropriately hirsute performer assuming the role of beefy antihero Kratos, the adaptation promises a god-tier ensemble cast, with the likes of Lost’s Sonya Walger and Homeland’s Mandy Patinkin joining the fray.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Only one of the singers revealed listening to Swift on their own time — Chris Tungseth, a lovably hirsute country boy in the Bo Bice/Sundance Head mode.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of hirsute

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Atlanta Dream center Brionna Jones made her season debut July 17 when the Dream faced the Toronto Tempo, then returned to close out the first half of the season against the Chicago Sky.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
One advocate suggested that was because some parents, faced with the prospect of seeing each other so much post-divorce, chose to work it out, the Journal reported.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026

Definition of faced

Adjective

The shaggy golden Saint Berdoodle was killed on June 13 by an LAPD officer while bounding out of Marseille’s Canoga Park apartment.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Yeoh sported a shaggy platinum crop with dark roots peeping through, pairing her transformation with one of the brand’s signature skirt suits.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 July 2026

Definition of shaggy

Adjective

As well as opting out of ownership, consumers are also shopping differently for their furred or feathered friends.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The 3-year-old, black-furred wolf has become the first of her kind known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century — after making similarly momentous visits to Los Angeles and Inyo counties.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

Definition of furred

Adjective

Some plants are less likely to get eaten than others, namely, plants with strong fragrance and to a lesser extent, things that are hairy or heavily textured.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 21 July 2026
Scope 3 is the big, hairy one to get your arms around, but for us Scope 1 is our own operations—not just our stores, but our manufacturing.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 20 July 2026

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