haired
adjective
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
haired
American
[haird]
/ hɛərd /
adjective
-
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
dark-haired; long-haired.
-
New England (chiefly Maine). angry, annoyed, or upset (often followed byup ).
Don't get haired up over his insults.
-haired
British
adjective
Etymology
Origin of haired
Example Sentences
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"Joy, abundance of spirit, infectious laughter. A titan of a ginger haired man."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
You may snigger that the fluffy haired and sequin-loving singer-songwriter is a cheesy anti-poet, fixating on such mortal lines as “No one heard at all, not even the chair.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Sheriff’s detectives and FBI agents served a search warrant at the Buzzard home where a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk includes a picture of the curly haired girl.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
Norman, the 50-pound and coarsely haired guest, snoozed within the plastic walls of his igloo-shaped shelter in mid-November.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023
The doctor who smiled down at me was young and sandy- haired.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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