shaggy-coated
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4.5
- 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
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3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
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1.3
Thick and full, spreading like a small bush, often for hair or tails
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3.2
With long, thick, untidy hair, fur, or material that looks rough
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5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
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6.8
Tangled and full of knots like hair or thread
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3.7
Long, thick hair that looks messy and not neat
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7.2
Thick, messy hair or fur that looks like a mop
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7.9
Covered with long loose tufts that make the surface look rough
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9.9
Covered in small tufts of wool that make it look shaggy
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8.0
A person who has thick, untidy hair that sticks up
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5.1
Having thick, curly or matted hair like wool
Shaggy and dirty, with clumps of dried mud or hair stuck to it
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.