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brushy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of brushy

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
Synonyms of brushy

bristly, cottony, fleecy, furred, furry, hairy, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)
Words Related to brushy

bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered

stubbled, stubbly

downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy
Near Antonyms of brushy

beardless, shaved, shaven
Antonyms of brushy

bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth

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