horsey
Americanadjective
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horsier,
comparative
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horsiest
superlative
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
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dealing with or interested in horses, horseback riding, fox hunting, horse racing, etc..
the horsy set in local society.
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rather heavy and awkward in general appearance or facial structure.
That heavy coat makes you look horsy.
adjective
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of or relating to horses
a horsey smell
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dealing with or devoted to horses
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like a horse
a horsey face
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While receiving care at St Barnabas House in Worthing last month, she told the hospice's staff she would love to touch a horse and experience the "horsey smell" again.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The long-armed, horsey Chalicotheriidae, reminiscent of Bojack Horseman, won’t be joining us at the bar.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Here he is, with his “kind eyes, horsey features, white push-broom mustache.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
In Kentucky, three companies starting selling a bourbon labeled as “Bobby’s secret horsey stuff,” with a drawing that was clearly meant to represent Baffert holding a syringe and a bottle of liquor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Her long horsey face got the stubborn look that meant she was going to do something willful.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Or on a field, if you’re Ray Lewis, the NFL’s war horsiest war horse.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 17, 2012
In his youth a wild-riding cavalryman, Persia's self-made "King of Kings," Reza Shah Pahlevi, who seized the Throne in 1925, is now the horsiest of ruling monarchs.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is your small man who is ever the horsiest in his outward appearance, just as it is your very plain young person who is keenest at the Sunday-school class.
From The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman
In his general make-up he is the "horsiest" individual I have seen for many a day.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
Say, this Melford is the horsiest burg ever I saw!
From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge
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