Synonyms for unshorn
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shawrn, shohrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃɔrn, ʃoʊrn |
Top 10 synonyms for unshorn Other synonyms for the word unshorn
- asperous
- bewhiskered
- brambly
- bristly
- broken
- bushy
- chapped
- cragged
- craggy
- cross-grained
- disheveled
- downy
- fleecy
- flocculent
- fluffy
- hairy
- hirsute
- jagged
- knobby
- knotty
- lanate
- nappy
- nodular
- not smooth
- pileous
- piliferous
- pilose
- pubescent
- ragged
- ridged
- rough
- ruffled
- scabrous
- scraggy
- shaggy
- sharp
- stony
- stubbly
- tangled
- tousled
- tufted
- uncombed
- unequal
- unfinished
- unlevel
- unshaven
- unshorn
- villous
- whiskered
- woolly
- wrinkled
- wrinkly
Définition of unshorn
Origin :- "shaven," late Old English scoren, past participle adjective from shear (v.).
- As in rough : adj uneven, irregular
- As in shaggy : adj hairy, unkempt
- As in pilose : adj hairy
- As in hairy : adj having much hair
- His unshorn head of light curling hair showed that he was no Moor.
- Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The unshorn and uncropped turf was thick and dry as a parlor carpet.
- Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland
- Garth had lost his hat long ago; and he was both unshaven and unshorn.
- Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
- "Daddy" was dirty, unshorn, and covered with gore from two or three wounds.
- Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson
- The commonalty in the streets were wild, unshorn, and in rags.
- Extract from : « Barry Lyndon » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- For example, when the hair is unshorn, it stands out like a mop.
- Extract from : « A Racial Study of the Fijians » by Norman E. Gabel
- May we never see your handsome countenance, washed or unwashed, shaven or unshorn, again!
- Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Harald the Unshorn, son of Halfdan the Black, was pushing forth for the kingdom.
- Extract from : « The Story of Grettir The Strong » by Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
- "Harald the Unshorn:" he was so called at first because he made a vow not to cut his hair till he was sole king of Norway.
- Extract from : « The Story of Grettir The Strong » by Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
- Along its borders are two rows of unshorn willows, and here and there a poplar lifts its stately head.
- Extract from : « Nestleton Magna » by J. Jackson Wray
Antonyms for unshorn
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