curling

Examples

• All

• Her hair curling in the heat of the Parisian summer, she said it's play.

• The other was a yellowed, curling, black-and-white shot of a young woman in a long dress and a bearded man in a dark turtleneck sweater, jeans, and sandals.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Her hair curling in the heat of the Parisian summer, she said it's play.

• Her curling hair looked radiant in the sunlight as she walked through the park.

• The stylist recommended using a special serum to enhance my curling locks and reduce frizz.

Synonyms

C

curly

vscurling

95 1.0

Hair that forms many small round waves

is more about formed looped shapes rather than general wavey appearance

F

frizzy

vscurling

14 3.8

Hair with many small tight curls that is hard to control

is broader and does not require especially tight or uncontrollable texture

C

curly-haired

vscurling

5 2.7

Hair that forms small round shapes or waves

emphasizes the process or presence of looped shapes rather than the person

C

curled

vscurling

1.4

Hair that forms many small round loops or waves

focuses more on the action of making looped shapes rather than only the result

Antonyms

S

straight

442 1.0

In a direct line without curves or bends

Compounds

C

curling iron

10 3.3

An electrical tool you heat and wrap hair around to make it wavy

C

curling stone

• UK

1 6.3

A heavy round piece of granite with a handle that slides across ice in the game of curling

L

leg curling

• Specialized

3.5

An exercise that strengthens the muscles at the back of the thigh by bending the knee against a weight

How Curly

kinky

4 6.8

curling

1.0

wavy

16 1.3

straight

442 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology