hairy-chested

adjective

Definition of hairy-chestednext
as in hypermasculine

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  1. hypermasculine
  2. macho
  3. male
  4. masculine
  5. virile
  6. manly
Adjective
  • The pressures to look a certain way — hypermasculine, muscular and stylish, for example, among certain subsets of gay men, can be just as harsh and punishing.
    — Stephanie Fairyington, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Cowboy hats, jeans, a lot of alcohol and bull riding combine into a special mix of hypermasculine rituals at Mexican rodeo shows.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of hypermasculine
Adjective
  • The headlong pacing allows nary a breather, though there are enough wry notes, character quirks and offbeat details (remote-control doors, goats, a knife fight on a waterbed) to prevent macho monotony from setting in.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
  • The macho myth Decades of research undercut Hegseth’s core claim that more testosterone means a more aggressive, dominant, masculine man.
    — Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • Of the 231 perpetrators, 229 were men; 207 of the victims were women killed by a current or former male partner.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both men and women have taken on these roles, although the male practitioners are more prominent in accounts from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of male
Adjective
  • Experts note that these could be theatrical representations of feminine or masculine figures, not actual men and women.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Kate is also unafraid to mix traditionally masculine and feminine elements in the same outfit, pairing sparkling drop earrings with rugged boots or accenting a tweed blazer with sparkling gold hardware.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • Jimmy is immediately struck by this younger, virile, needier man when Vincent asks him to help move a piece of furniture in.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
  • After a faculty party one night, Martha invites the college’s virile new biology professor, Nick, and his vapid wife, Honey, over for a wee-hours drink.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of virile
Adjective
  • In a world that had long equated labor with the physical act of making things, such a shift was seen as not terribly manly, and potentially dangerous to society as a whole.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • Odysseus, manly and strong, is catnip to all kinds of scheming women.
    — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of manly
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