five o'clock shadows
End-of-day bristles
Five o'clock shadow is the visible stubble that appears on a man's face by late afternoon, hours after his morning shave.
The phrase captures that specific time when beard growth becomes noticeable again: He showed up to the evening event with a five o'clock shadow.
The plural form typically describes repeated instances or multiple men with the same look.
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
- scruffinessUntidy, worn appearance
- straight razorFolding blade for shaving
- beardFacial hair growth
workday · end of shift · follicle · goatee · ruggedness · attractiveness · afternoon · electric shaver · aftershave · end of day · razor · razor burn · shaving brush · shaving cream · barber chair · testosterone · growing out · trimmer
five o'clock shadowsclean-shaven
Having no beard
baby face · close shave · beardless · full beard · peach fuzz
fives, fifteens, fifteenth, fifties, fiftieth, clock, clocks, clocked, clocking