5 o'clock shadow
Day's end whiskers
The faint stubble visible on a man's face by late afternoon, having grown since his morning shave.
The phrase captures the perpetual losing battle between razor and beard: He showed up to the evening event with a 5 o'clock shadow.
Some men cultivate it deliberately as a rugged, casual look.
- James BondBritish intelligence agent
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
- designer stubbleDeliberately short facial hair
- razorBlade for removing hair
- beardFacial hair growth
facial hair · rugged · masculine · workplace norms · mustache · electric shaver · shaving kit · regrowth · testosterone · end of day · end of shift · late afternoon · Don Johnson · unkempt · scruffy · goatee · straight razor · Miami Vice
facial hair presence/amount
5 o'clock shadowclean-shaven
Having no beard
beardless · baby face · full beard · baby-faced · close shave
shadow, shadows, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing, overshadow, overshadows, overshadowed, overshadowing