sideswept

Swept to one

Sideswept describes hair styled to sweep across the forehead at an angle rather than falling straight down: sideswept bangs, a sideswept fringe.

The term appears almost exclusively in hairstyling contexts, suggesting a look that's polished but not severe.

hairstyle

bangs

Forehead-covering locks

asymmetrical · volume · bobby pins · styling · blowout · wispy · textured · tousled · sleek · angled

collision

grazed

Fed on growing grass

scraped · dented · fender · impact · damage · mirror · lane · passing · vehicle · accident

Opposites
hair direction/styling

sidesweptsymmetrical

Even on all sides

blunt · even · slicked-back · swept-back · vertical

hair volume/movement

sidesweptflat

Lacking vertical variation

unswept · limp · stationary · slicked-back

Family

side, swept, sides, sided, siding, sideway, sideways, sidelong, aside

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