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- [friz]
- /frɪz/
- /frɪz/
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- [friz]
- /frɪz/
Definitions of frizz word
- noun frizz the state of being frizzed. 1
- noun frizz something frizzed; frizzed hair. 1
- noun frizz Form (hair) into a mass of small, tight curls or tufts. 1
- noun frizz tightly-curled hair 1
- intransitive verb frizz hair: curl tightly 1
- uncountable noun frizz Frizz is frizzy hair. 0
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Origin of frizz
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60; back formation from frizzle1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Frizz
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
frizz popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
frizz usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for frizz
verb frizz
- screw — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrunch — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- pleat — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- undulate — to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
noun frizz
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- kink — a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
- twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- whorl — a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
Antonyms for frizz
verb frizz
- straighten — make straight
- flatten — to make flat.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- untwist — to untangle
noun frizz
- line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- easiness — the quality or condition of being easy.
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
Top questions with frizz
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