shaggy

Long and disheveled

Shaggy means covered with rough, matted hair or fiber: a shaggy dog, a shaggy beard.

A shag-dog story is a long, meandering joke with an anticlimactic or absurd punchline—perhaps from the shagginess suggesting untidiness or lack of direction.

fur

coat

Outer garment or layer

  • peltFur-bearing animal skin
  • maneNeck hair, horse/lion
  • fleeceWool still on sheep

wool · fluff · undercoat · thick · dense · luxuriant · bushy · furry · longhaired · plush

hair

mop

Floor-washing implement

  • locksSecurity fastening devices
  • tressesLong flowing strands
  • maneNeck hair, horse/lion

curls · dreadlocks · afro · bangs · fringe · long-haired · bushy · wild · unruly · flowing

disheveled

unkempt

Untidy in appearance

mussy · tangled · messy · bedraggled · scraggly · ratty · matted · slovenly · frowzy · disordered

texture

rough

Uneven in surface

nubby · hairy · woolly · fuzzy · tufted · fringed · fleecy · textured · uneven · thick

animal

sheepdog

Dog bred for herding

  • yakHimalayan ox or chatter
  • bisonLarge wild ox
  • collieScottish herding breed

pony · mammoth · sloth · bear · terrier · llama · alpaca · otterhound · bearded · wolfhound

retro

hippie

Sixties counterculture member

groovy · counterculture · beatnik · folk · psychedelic · festival · commune · free-spirited · natural · earthy

Categories
Opposites
hair/fur texture and appearance

shaggysleek

Smooth and elegant

smooth · glossy · silky · bald · hairless

grooming and maintenance

shaggygroomed

Made neat and tidy

kempt · well-groomed · trimmed · neat · tidy

presence of hair/fur

shaggybald

Without hair on head

hairless · bare · shaven · shaved · furless

Phrases
Family

shag, shagged, shaggier, shagginess, shaggily, shaggiest

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G