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mop-headed

mop-headed

6.7
A thing that has a thick rounded top like a mop of hair or leaves that looks messy
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑpˌhɛdɪd/
translation icon : con pelo de fregona
  • The tree's mop-headed crown created a perfect shaded area for children to play.

Examples

  • She tied her mop-headed hair into a messy bun for the hot summer day.

  • There are tennis courts where the play sounds like corn popping in the heat, and an eighteen-hole golf course even more emerald than the composition courts, studded with mop-headed palms.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The garden was filled with mop-headed flowers swaying gently in the breeze.

Synonyms

shock-headed
vsmop-headed
8.0

A person who has thick, untidy hair that sticks up

is broader, also used for rounded plant or tree tops
moppy
vsmop-headed
  • Informal
7.2

Thick, messy hair or fur that looks like a mop

emphasizes a rounded top shape and applies also to plant forms
bed-headed
vsmop-headed
  • Informal
6.7

Having messy hair after you wake up

describes a naturally thick bushy rounded top regardless of cause

Antonyms

neat
144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

trimmed
1.0

Cut to look neat by removing extra or uneven parts

How Bushy

bushy
22 1.3
shaggy
22 3.2
mop-headed
6.7
sparse
31 5.0

Surface Forms

mop-headed positive

Morphology

mop-headed = mop + head (transparent) = mop + head + ed

The adjective is formed from the compound idea 'mop' + 'head' plus '-ed', yielding the literal meaning 'having a head like a mop', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word mop-headed comes from mop + headed, so picture a mop's loose strands as 'hair' on a head. That's why mop-headed describes a person, plant, or tree with a thick, bushy, or untidy top.