Antonyms for bushy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : boo sh-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊʃ i


Definition of bushy

Origin :
  • late 14c., "overgrown with bushes," from bush (n.) + -y (2). Of hair, etc., from 1610s. Related: Bushiness.
  • adj shaggy, unkempt
Example sentences :
  • Old Dismukes was with them; burly, bushy, dingy, on a huge roan charger.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • He curved his bushy tail around to cover them, and at the same time he saw a vision.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • A burly man with bushy whiskers was waiting for us at the door.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • But the little eyes beneath his bushy eyebrows were blue and shrewd.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • His whiskers were large, bushy, and meeting beneath his chin.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • His head was bald; his eyebrows, of a bushy grey, were large and meeting.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • But the bushy shelf and the spring by the thicket, were still in shadow.
  • Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • He choked her into silence and dragged her toward the bushy bank.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
  • Its short ears and bushy tail are important characteristics.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Each of the minks was over a foot in length, not counting the bushy tail.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer

Synonyms for bushy

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