shaggy-coated
- adjective
- /ˈʃæɡiˌkoʊtɪd/
- The old dog was shaggy-coated and in need of a good brushing.
Examples
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The shaggy-coated dog looked like it hadn't been groomed in weeks.
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The explorer encountered a shaggy-coated yak on the mountain trail.
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After months in the wild, his shaggy-coated appearance made him almost unrecognizable.
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Look at that shaggy-coated sheep over there!
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The old dog was shaggy-coated and in need of a good brushing.
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The explorer encountered a shaggy-coated yak on the mountain trail.
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After months in the wild, his shaggy-coated appearance made him almost unrecognizable.
Synonyms
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
Thick and full, spreading like a small bush, often for hair or tails
With long, thick, untidy hair, fur, or material that looks rough
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
Tangled and full of knots like hair or thread
Long, thick hair that looks messy and not neat
Covered with long loose tufts that make the surface look rough
Shaggy and dirty, with clumps of dried mud or hair stuck to it
Having thick, curly or matted hair like wool
A person who has thick, untidy hair that sticks up
Thick, messy hair or fur that looks like a mop
Covered in small tufts of wool that make it look shaggy
Antonyms
How Untidy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shaggy-coated comes from shaggy, a word that meant a 'rough bunch of hair' (think of a shag rug), and coated, from coat, meaning a 'covering'. So something shaggy-coated is simply 'covered' with long, thick, untidy hair.