Synonyms of shaggy

shaggy

adjective

ˈsha-gē 

1

as in hairy

covered with or as if with hair

a big, shaggy dog kept trying to lick my face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hairy
• silky
• hirsute
• furred
• fluffy
• woolly
• bristly
• furry
• brushy
• unshorn
• cottony
• bearded
• fleecy
• rough
• fuzzy
• bewhiskered
• whiskered
• mustachioed
• stubbly
• stubbled
• downy
• nappy
• linty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bald
• smooth
• hairless
• glabrous
• shorn
• shaved
• shaven
• furless
• beardless

2

as in fuzzy

made of or resembling hair

a shaggy carpet that was a relic of the 1970s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hairy
• fuzzy
• rough
• fluffy
• woolly
• furry
• puffy
• downy
• nappy
• hairlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shaggy

Abrams’ shaggy appeal as the everyman hero who somehow manages to overcome every obstacle thrown in his way, including the most monstrous creatures Cregger and his talented creative team could devise, is a key factor in the film’s success. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

After all, oodles of fans still worship at the altar of Jim and Pam, the shaggy-haired salesman and timid receptionist who became a generation of besotted worker bees’ Ross and Rachel — the couple to root for who became the couple to emulate. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

For her role as the leader of the misfit group, Blanchett rocked a shaggy brown lob that stretched down past her shoulders, and a set of choppy micro-bangs held in place by a single bobby pin. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026

Jesse Olstead, a twenty-nine-year-old with shaggy brown hair, kept stopping by the box to check the jump list. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026