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- [shag-ee]
- /ˈʃæg i/
- /ˈʃæɡ.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shag-ee]
- /ˈʃæg i/
Definitions of shaggy word
- adjective shaggy covered with or having long, rough hair. 1
- adjective shaggy untidy; unkempt: a shaggy person. 1
- adjective shaggy rough and matted; forming a bushy mass, as the hair or mane. 1
- adjective shaggy having a rough nap, as cloth. 1
- adjective shaggy characterized by sloppy planning or execution: a shaggy production of Macbeth. 1
- adjective shaggy hair: thick 1
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Origin of shaggy
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; shag1 + -y1
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Parts of speech for Shaggy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shaggy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% 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".
shaggy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shaggy
adj shaggy
- barbate — having tufts of long hairs; bearded
- bearded — A bearded man has a beard.
- beardy — wearing a beard
- bewhiskered — having whiskers on the cheeks
- brambly — having or resembling brambles.
adjective shaggy
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- goateed — Having a goatee.
- nodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- whiskered — having, wearing, or covered with whiskers.
Antonyms for shaggy
adjective shaggy
- kempt — neatly or tidily kept: a kempt little cottage.
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