stubbled

Showing facial bristles

Stubbled describes a surface covered with stubble—either the short, stiff hairs on a face that hasn't been shaved recently, or the cut stalks left in a field after harvest.

A stubbled chin suggests a day or two without shaving: He rubbed his stubbled jaw.

Stubbled fields appear after crops are cut: crows picking through the stubbled wheat field.

facial-hair

unshaven

Having facial bristles

scratchy · prickly · coarse · rough · shadowed · grizzled · unkempt · rugged · jawline · chin

agricultural

harvested

Gathered ripe crops

wheat · corn · stalks · chaff · aftermath · mown · cut · bare · autumn · threshed

Categories
Opposites
facial hair presence/smoothness

stubbledclean-shaven

Having no beard

shaven · shaved · beardless · smooth · unbearded

facial hair length/fullness

stubbledbearded

Having facial hair

full-bearded · whiskered

surface texture

stubbledsmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

sleek · silky · soft · polished · glabrous

Phrases
Family

stubble, stubbly, stubbles, stubblier

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G