Meaning

7 senses

  1. Having a lot of body hair.

    a hairy man

    behaart, haarig

    волоса́тыйvolosátyj

    having or covered with hair

  2. Having a lot of fur.

    Near-synonyms: long-haired, furry, fluffy

    hairy mammoth

    behaart, haarig

    волоса́тыйvolosátyj

    волоха́тийvoloxátyj, волоса́тийvolosátyj

  3. Having hair growing from it.

    hairy chest; hairy back

  4. (uncommon)Long-haired.

    yelling about dirty, hairy hippies

  5. Seeming as if hair-covered or as if consisting of hair.

    Near-synonym: hairlike

    hairy cell leukemia

  6. (informal)Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.

    It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.

  7. (informal)Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.

Examples

47 sentences

  1. Tom has really hairy arms.

    У Тома дуже волохаті руки. — deniko

    ruУ Тома очень волосатые руки. — marafon

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  2. Tom has a big hairy dog.

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  3. Tom has hairy ears.

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  4. Tom doesn't have hairy arms.

    ruУ Тома нет волосатых рук. — odexed

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  5. Tom has a hairy chest.

    ruУ Тома волосатая грудь. — Wezel

    deTom hat eine behaarte Brust. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of a person:
Русский
By meaning 2
of an animal:
of a body part other than the head:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of an animal:
of a body part other than the head:

Origin

From Middle English hery, heeri, hary, equivalent to hair + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian

From Middle English hery, heeri, hary, equivalent to hair + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian hierich (“hairy”), West Frisian hierrich (“hairy”), Dutch harig (“hairy”), German Low German harig (“hairy”), German haarig (“hairy”), Swedish hårig (“hairy”), Icelandic hárugur (“hairy”). Compare also Old English hǣriht (“hairy”) and ġehǣre (“hairy”).

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Forms

hairier, hairiest
Comparativehairier Lesson
Superlativehairiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
hirsutefurryhairfullong-hairedfluffyvilloushairlikehair-raising
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
multiple senses:baldB1hairless

Word family

25 related words
Relateddasypygalhairhairiness
Derivedhairilyhairy armhairy armadillohairy bananahairy cellhairy eyeballhairyfishhairy froghairy hedgehoghairy leukoplakiahairy mollyhairy muffhairy nightshadehairy panichairy-soled conyrathairy-tailed molehairy tarehairy vetchhairy willowherbhairy woodpeckernonhairyunhairy

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hairlesshairlinehairpinhairstylehajjhalal

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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