haired

[ haird ]

adjective

1. having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):

   dark-haired; long-haired.

2. New England (chiefly Maine). angry, annoyed, or upset (often followed by up ):

   Don't get haired up over his insults.

-haired

adjective

1. having hair as specified

   long-haired

Word History and Origins

Origin of haired¹

1350–1400; Middle English hered; hair, -ed ³

Example Sentences

At that point, a tall, brown-haired man with wire-rimmed glasses came over to me, sat down, and peppered me with questions.

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But there was also curly-haired Queen guitarist Brian May and playwright Tom Stoppard.

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Long gone are the days of the Young British Artists movement: now a salt-and-pepper-haired filmmaker is the artist of the moment.

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Suddenly, a  tall, curly haired white man appeared and thrust himself in the middle of the opposing forces.

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Joe Sutter is 93 now, silver-haired and moving a tad more slowly than he would like, but still pugnacious and sharp of tongue.

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They sat in the hall and cried; the black-haired boy looking on from afar.

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He came later, and Harry, the black-haired boy, was mainly responsible for his coming.

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The fight was over and Lawrence rode up to the house, and was met on the porch by a white haired, fine looking old gentleman.

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She was thin, skinny, dark-haired, and possessed of great physical strength in the form of endurance.

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Mrs. Tom was very golden-haired and blue-eyed and pink and white, but none was further removed from insipidity than she.

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