as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair
the vogue for brushy cheeks on men reached a whimsical apex in the 19th century when muttonchop whiskers came in fashion
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Recent Examples of brushy
The fire reached about 40 acres in a spot where brushy canyons, ridges and thick palm tree groves meet with hilltop communities.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
From the Mescal Trailhead, the trail rambles through brushy high-desert scrub.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The creek sparkled between brushy banks filled with birds and aquatic insects.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
From the Mescal Trailhead, the trail rambles through brushy high-desert scrub.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The creek sparkled between brushy banks filled with birds and aquatic insects.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brushy
Adjective
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No one understands or exploits that shaggy zone quite like Bannon.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead of head-to-toe fur, designers and showgoers alike favored coats finished with shearling collars or shaggy trim, details that feel easier, lighter, and more wearable.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Manscaped’s ‘Hair Ballad’ Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sweaty skin, particularly sweaty, hairy skin.—
Dawnie Jefferson,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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After baking, the cheesecake is coated with a silky layer of dark chocolate ganache.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Most sateen sheets are made of cotton, but for those who seek an extra-silky-smooth feel, look no further than Ettitude sheets in organic bamboo lyocell.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Brushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushy. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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