frizzies

Unruly hair texture

The frizzies are what hair gets when humidity or damage makes it puff out in unruly, flyaway strands rather than lying smooth: This weather is giving me the frizzies.

The word is casual and usually plural, describing the condition rather than individual hairs.

hair

flyaway

Loose and drifting

  • fuzzFine downy fibers
  • wispsThin floating strands
  • haloLuminous ring overhead

fluffiness · static · tangles · kinks · curls · ringlets · afro · coarse · dryness · brittle

humidity

muggy

Unpleasantly warm and humid

monsoon · dewpoint · sultry · sweltering · steaminess · wetness · condensation · saturated · weather · rainy

styling

salon

Grooming establishment or gathering

smoothing · serum · conditioner · keratin · diffuser · mousse · oil · leave-in · hairspray · silicone

texture

coarse

Rough in texture

kinky · curly · tangled · crinkly · thick · porous · rough · cottony · fluffy · springy

Opposites
hair texture/smoothness

frizziessilky hair

Smooth, lustrous locks

straight hair · flat hair · shiny hair · sleekness · limp hair

Family

frizzing, frizziness, frizziest, defrizzing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G