Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

    a shaggy dog

    zottelig, zottig, zottelhaarig

    косма́тыйkosmátyj, мохна́тыйmoxnátyj, лохма́тыйloxmátyj

    кудлатийkudlatyj, кошлатийkošlatyj, волохатийvoloxatyj

    used of hair; thick and poorly groomed

  2. Having a surface like shaggy hair; with a rough nap.

    having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

  3. (figuratively)Confused, muddled.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I brushed my dog's shaggy coat.

    deIch bürstete meinem Hund sein struppiges Fell. — Yorwba

  2. The dog is big, shaggy and very kind.

    ruПёс большой, лохматый и очень добрый. — nina99nv

    deDer Hund ist groß, zottig und sehr freundlich. — Yorwba

  3. I opened his shaggy safe with my leather key.

    ruЯ открыл его мохнатый сейф своим кожаным ключом. — Ooneykcall

  4. His shaggy hair and beard made him look frightening.

  5. On the hill grew some shaggy grass, wild and unkempt.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool:
Русский
By meaning 1
with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool:

Forms

shaggier, shaggiest
Comparativeshaggier Lesson
Superlativeshaggiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags:shagged
  • used of hair; thick and poorly groomed:bushyshaggy-hairedshaggy-coated

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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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