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• past participle of hood.
• past tense form of hood.

hooded

American  

[hood-id] / ˈhʊd ɪd /

adjective

1. having, or covered with, a hood.

   a hooded jacket.

2. having the shape of a hood; hood-shaped.

3. Zoology. having on the head a hoodlike formation, crest, arrangement of colors, or the like.

4. Botany. cucullate.

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hooded British  

/ ˈhʊdɪd /

adjective

1. covered with, having, or shaped like a hood

2. (of eyes) having heavy eyelids that appear to be half closed

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Other Word Forms

• hoodedness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of hooded

First recorded in 1400–50, hooded is from the late Middle English word hodid. See hood ¹, -ed ³

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Example Sentences

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hooded

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi has alleged he was abducted by armed men and handed over "hooded and bound" to FBI agents, who had a plane waiting to fly him out of the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Surrounded by hooded police officers, Claudia Pardo, head of communications for the prosecutor's office, denounced the raid as "illegal."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said she arrived home to find the driveway and road blocked and saw a "large group of hooded and masked men".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Osaka took the court wearing a long, hooded gown — possibly inspired by Iverson’s hoodies and baggy clothes from back in the day — with newspaper clippings about her attached to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

A tattletale neurochip decided I would get a hooded peek of what I had done.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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