Antonyms for hairline
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hair-lahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌlaɪn |
- awkward
- bad
- blunt
- callous
- cloudy
- coarse
- consequential
- corrupt
- crude
- dark
- dull
- firm
- forthright
- hard
- harsh
- healthful
- healthy
- heavy
- honest
- horrible
- ignorant
- important
- imprecise
- indefinite
- indelicate
- indiscriminating
- inelegant
- insensitive
- loud
- noisy
- obtuse
- open
- ordinary
- polluted
- poor
- rainy
- robust
- rough
- significant
- slow
- stormy
- strong
- stupid
- thick
- tough
- ugly
- uncareful
- uncouth
- uncritical
- undiscriminating
- unintelligent
- unpleasant
- unrefined
- unscrupulous
- unsubtle
- useful
- violent
Definition of hairline
Origin :- "cord made of hair," 1731, from hair + line. Meaning "a very fine line" is from 1846. As "the outline of the hair on top of the head," by 1903. As an adjective, of cracks, etc., by 1923.
- As in subtle : adj nice, quiet, delicate
- As in delicate : adj dainty, weak
- As in fine : adj discriminating, exact
- He readjusted the slide rule and slid the hairline over a bit.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- The hairline above his ear was a simpler curve than she recalled.
- Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
- He inspected the base of the hook closely and there seemed to be a fine, hairline fracture appearing around it.
- Extract from : « The Nothing Equation » by Tom Godwin
- There was a lot of grey in his short hair, and his hairline was a lot higher up his forehead.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- In the sunlight it gleamed like polished silver, but they could see a hairline break in the metal encircling the center portion.
- Extract from : « Gold in the Sky » by Alan Edward Nourse
- They saw how clean-cut was the hairline at the back of his head and over his ears––sure sign that he was “citified.”
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- You said it exactly—that resembles—the face resembles him more than the hairline—it's sort of a "V" hairline.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- But that hairline is a thing—that's the thing that hit me first when I saw his picture on television.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- He certainly don't have the hairline I was describing—it isn't the hairline I was describing.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- I thought about it and the thing that stuck in my mind was always that hairline—the kind of balding right here—the smooth line.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Synonyms for hairline
- abstruse
- acute
- aerial
- attenuate
- attenuated
- balmy
- breakable
- choice
- clear
- critical
- cryptic
- deep
- delectable
- delicate
- delicious
- delightful
- discriminating
- distinct
- elegant
- enigmatic
- esoteric
- ethereal
- exquisite
- faint
- fastidious
- filmy
- fine
- fine-grained
- fine-spun
- finespun
- flimsy
- fracturable
- fragile
- frail
- frangible
- gauzy
- gentle
- gossamery
- graceful
- hairline
- hairsplitting
- illusive
- implied
- inconspicuous
- indirect
- indistinct
- inferred
- ingenious
- insinuated
- intelligent
- keen
- mental
- mild
- minute
- muted
- nice
- obscure
- pale
- pastel
- penetrating
- petty
- precise
- profound
- pure
- quick
- rare
- recherché
- recondite
- refined
- select
- sensitive
- sharp
- shatterable
- shattery
- slight
- soft
- sophisticated
- sterling
- strict
- subdued
- subtle
- suggestive
- superior
- tasteful
- tender
- tenuous
- thin
- trifling
- unadulterated
- understated
- unpolluted
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