big hair

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Recent Examples of big hair Images from the 1980s and 1990s show Allyn rocking the era’s bold fashion, makeup and big hair trends. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025 The Lost Boys is one of Schumacher's most deliciously gonzo films, an unceasingly fun roller coaster ride of fangs, big hair, and brilliantly gooey practical effects. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025 Kardashian likes to make a big hair change during Paris Fashion Week. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Oct. 2025 Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw models with big hair and emaciated figures. Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big hair
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big hair
Noun
  • While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
  • But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.
    Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 13 June 2024
Noun
  • Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.
    Keith O’Brien, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
  • For the event, the actor returned to his shaggy crew cut in his honey blonde hue — coordinating his 'stache and all.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her hair, with a neat middle part, was pulled back tightly into a low bun to frame her face perfectly, and it was all punctuated with a strong red lip.
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Wednesday, March 25, Chicken and Pickle Sandwich with whole grain bun, wedge potatoes, beans, tropical fruit, milk.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The beehive is one of the closest clusters to Earth (approximately 600 light-years away) and one of the youngest (around 600 to 700 million years old).
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Cuoco also shared photos of her beehive 'do alongside more images of Aniston’s hairstyle and outfit worn at the 2002 Golden Globes.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This frenzy unfolded into a succession of rings, like craps tables at a casino, in which breed competitions were taking place simultaneously—churning packs of basenjis, salukis, Xoloitzcuintlis, whippets, shih tzus, rat terriers, malamutes, and pugs.
    Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Another French influencer—27-year-old blogger Aniss Zitouni, who goes by the account name Aqababe—was one of the first to allege that Schreiner had organized the pug’s disappearance himself.
    Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Paul, also sporting a buzz cut now, runs to the top of a plinth, high above a massive, cheering crowd.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
  • On February 27, however, the 63-year-old actor stepped out with her shortest hairstyle in 28 years, having reached a similar length post-buzz cut by February 1998.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Because Buckley has short hair, a chignon or updo was not an option—but combed neatly back with a side part, clearing the face, feels like a very Grace Kelly detail.
    Ana Serrano, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Her hair was Grace Kelly-elegant, with a low chignon by Jenda Alcorn.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On March 2—one day before debuting her new pageboy bob at Paris Fashion Week—Hadid made her grand entrance in a pair of straight-leg jeans that stop well above the ankle, showing off much of her beige crew sock and the entire tongue of her black loafers.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The movie begins in 1989, when Martin was just out of her teens and fighting in Toughwoman contests, and spans 22 years, providing all sorts of opportunities for ungainly period hairstyles, from a ragged pageboy to a curly mullet to a frizzy shag.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Big hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20hair. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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