hoary
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8.9
- adjective
- /ˈhɔːri/
:
canoso
- She writes, appalled: "That hoary-headed gentleman, who looks like one of my great-uncles, tells me with a smile that we used to play together in the gardens of the Luxembourg" (p. 655).
- hoary head
- hoary locks
- hoary hair
Examples
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Wearing a blue FBI jacket, the hoary veteran ignores questions shouted out by the press.
Fiction book (2002) -
Greeley called them "patriarchs"; another visitor described them as "hoary old survivors."
Academic text (2004) -
In the conventional image, a hoary father
Academic text (2001) -
As a nation, we may be young whipper-snappers, but thanks to Washington, our government is a hoary old fellow.
Blog text (15) -
From where she sat, Fox could almost count the white hairs that gave the hind legs a hoary appearance.
Fiction book (1990) -
All were to follow the Biblical injunction in Leviticus: "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man."
Academic text (1994) -
He stood before them, hunched over and hoary-looking, his big arms hanging loose, and his eyes squinting as if he had just come into the light.
Fiction book (1991) -
Or, as hoary Professor Hartley in his cubbyhole office in the basement of Widener Library said outright, "Heavens, Rick, somebody had to rescue you from becoming just another dreary attorney."
Fiction book (2001) -
"Haw!" Pete suddenly guffawed again, and the rest of the heads—hoary, bewhiskered, grizzled—turned back in my direction.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hoary old man shared stories from his youth that entertained everyone around the fire.
Synonyms
148
1.0
Having white or silver hair from age
12
1.1
Having hair that is gray or white because of age
12
1.7
A person who has hair that is white, usually because they are old
11
6.7
Hair that is mixed with grey or white
3
2.7
A person who has hair that is gray or white, usually because they are older
1
4.4
Having mostly white hair because a person is older
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A tall annual plant with soft grey-green leaves and small white flowers often seen as a weed
- Specialized
A small European plant with grey green fuzzy leaves, many small white flowers, often a weed
- Specialized
A shrub from western North America with soft white leaves and yellow flowers that turn red-purple
- US
A large North American ground squirrel with silvery gray fur that lives in mountains
How Grey
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoary comes from an old English word hār meaning 'grey' or 'white' and is related to the common word hair. So hoary describes someone who has white or grey hair, a clear sign of age.