bushy
AdjectiveUS[boosh-ee]/ˈbʊʃi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)bushier, bushiest
- used of hair; thick and poorly groomed“bushy locks”“a shaggy beard”Synonyms: shaggyshaggy-hairedshaggy-coatedOpposite groomedSimilar ungroomed
- resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreadingOpposite branchlessSimilar branchy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bush′y (…), adjective
Origin: From 1st Bush.
1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving.
2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54