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shaggy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of shaggy

1 covered with or as if with hair

A big, shaggy dog kept trying to lick my face.

Synonyms of shaggy

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

Words Related to shaggy

bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered

stubbled, stubbly

downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy

Near Antonyms of shaggy

beardless, shaved, shaven

Antonyms of shaggy

bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth

2 made of or resembling hair

a shaggy carpet that was a relic of the 1970s

Synonyms of shaggy

furry, fuzzy, hairy, rough, woolly (also wooly)

Words Related to shaggy

downy, fluffy, nappy, puffy

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