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• past tense form of hood.
• past participle 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

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday received Bob Dylan in the Vatican at an audience for which the US folk music legend wore a black hooded sweater.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

In town, Grant Trask, a retired fisherman in a hooded sweatshirt, was scrubbing potatoes he dug up from the garden of the bed-and-breakfast he runs with his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

France's interior ministry said Saturday's protests involved "targeted acts of violence" from "hooded individuals" in places, including parts of the capital and also in Marseille, Rennes, Toulouse, and the western city of Angers.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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

When the Dwarf had a small bright blaze going, the three companions drew close to it and sat together, shrouding the light with their hooded forms.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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