hatless
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈhæt.ləs/
:
sin sombrero
- She clutched the note to her breast and ran, heedless and hatless and alone, to the unlocked door into Jamie O'Hara's house.
- hatless man
- went hatless
Examples
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The young hunter was blond, beardless, hatless, in plain clothing of a bygone era; the mountain ram was a magnificent beast with curly black wool, remarkable curling horns, and a high-held head.
Fiction book (1997) -
He was a slight, dark kid who looked about seventeen, hatless, his hair glued to his forehead by the rain.
Fiction book (2002) -
And then she had walked out right there to the street, hatless yet glowing.
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Also, the screenshot on the box has him looking hatless.
Blog text (30) -
The man was hatless.
Fiction book (1991) -
Two soldiers, scruffy and hatless, had actually thrown up an inept salute at the Rolls-Royce, assuming it must contain some notable from their own side.
Fiction book (1994) -
When the music started again, the bride dragged the hatless groom back toward the violinist, and they began another circle dance, incorporating all those who remained standing, including Bogdan and Joanna.
Fiction book (2002) -
Several of the men onshore were clad in sodden buckskins, hatless, their hair flattened with dampness.
Fiction book (1994) -
Through the street door came the poet he had called Hiroshima in a trench coat, hatless and smoking a pipe; a short, doughy fellow of twenty-five or so, with long hair around a bald spot.
Fiction book (1993) -
The children played outside, laughing and running around, happily hatless under the warm sun.
Synonyms
1
3.9
Not wearing a hat or other head covering
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3.5
Without a cover on top
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hatless is made from hat and the ending -less, which means 'without', just like in homeless or careless. So hatless simply describes someone who is 'without' a hat, or not wearing one.