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Thesaurus: hirsute

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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  1. a. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
  2. a. Rough and coarse; boorish.
  3. a. Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
  4. a. Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
  5. adj. having or covered with hair
  6. 1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy. 2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. Life of A. Wood. 3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray. 4. (Zoöl.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
  7. Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray.
  8. a having or covered with hair