bushy
Like overgrown hedges
Bushy describes something thick and spreading, like a bush.
Bushy hair grows densely in all directions.
Bushy eyebrows are thick and unruly.
A bushy tail—like a squirrel's—is full and fluffy.
His bushy beard needed trimming.
The word suggests volume and lack of sleekness.
Facial sensory hairs
- sideburnsCheek hair near ears
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- goateeChin-only beard style
- muttonchopsWide facial whiskers
eyebrows · burnsides · handlebar · lumberjack · unshaven · hirsute · bristly · grizzled
Soft and light-textured
- fuzzySoft and unclear
- shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
- woollyCovered in soft fibers
- furryCovered in soft hair
tufted · downy · soft · thick · plush · cottony · bristly · wiry
Dense shrub cluster
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- shrubberyPlanted area of bushes
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- brambleThorny wild shrub
copse · foliage · greenery · overgrown · tangled · leafy · verdant · lush
whiskers
Facial sensory hairs
muttonchops · eyebrows · burnsides · handlebar · lumberjack · unshaven · hirsute · bristly · grizzled · wiry
fluffy
Soft and light-textured
furry · tufted · downy · soft · thick · plush · cottony · bristly · wiry · coarse
thicket
Dense shrub cluster
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- shrubberyPlanted area of bushes
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
bramble · copse · foliage · greenery · overgrown · tangled · leafy · verdant · lush · jungle
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
wild · messy · untamed · frizzy · windblown · bedraggled · scruffy · ragged · straggly · untrimmed
squirrel
Bushy-tailed tree rodent
skunk · cat · dog · plumed · fluffy · furry · bottlebrush · plumy · tufted · feathery
- beat around the bushAvoid stating directly
- beating around the bushAvoiding direct communication
- the bushesDense low plantings
- rose bushFlowering thorny shrub
- rose bushesThorny shrubs bearing fragrant blooms
- bush leagueAmateurish and unprofessional
bush, bushes, bushed, bushing, bushy-tailed, bushman, bushcraft, bushier, bushiness