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cottony

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of cottony

1 covered with or as if with hair
  • That gray, cottony spot on the bread is mold.
Synonyms of cottony

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

bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered

stubbled, stubbly

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

beardless, shaved, shaven
Antonyms of cottony

bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth
2 smooth or delicate in appearance or feel
  • fluffy, cottony hair
Synonyms of cottony

downy, satin, satiny, silken, silklike, silky, soft, velvetlike, velvety
Words Related to cottony

creamy

chiffon, delicate, fine, slick

ultrasoft
Near Antonyms of cottony

bumpy, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly

broken, jagged, ragged, roughened, rugged, scraggy

grainy, granular, gritty
Antonyms of cottony

coarse, harsh, rough, scratchy

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