The meaning of Hairy

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Having a growth of hair on one's cheeks and chin.

Usage examples:

Beside me sat a pair of bearded men

verb

Boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable).

Usage examples:

He was afraid to beard the sultan himself

adjective

Having hair or whiskers growing on the face.

Usage examples:

A bewhiskered old man

adjective

(of a man) with hair on the lower part or sides of the face

Usage examples:

He was a bewhiskered, distinguished-looking gentleman.

adjective

(of hair or foliage) having a stiff and prickly texture.

Usage examples:

He washed his bristly black hair

adjective

Growing thickly.

Usage examples:

A dense, bushy plant

noun

A person who lives in the bush (as distinct from in a town), typically regarded as uncultured or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

Cultural wonders that bushies like me were despised for not having

adjective

Involving risks and uncertainty.

Usage examples:

Football coaching is a chancy business

adjective

Involving risk

Usage examples:

The show’s financing was chancy, and that made us all nervous.

adjective

Having hair.

adjective

Having hairlike tufts; hairy.

Usage examples:

The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance…

adjective

Able or likely to cause harm or injury.

Usage examples:

A dangerous animal

adjective

Able or likely to cause harm or death, or unpleasant problems

Usage examples:

Dangerous chemicals/bacteria, whooping cough is most dangerous for infants., dangerously high winds

adjective

Unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

Usage examples:

Food supplies have been dicey in recent months

adjective

Not certain or safe; risky

Usage examples:

Things are going to be a bit dicey until we know whether the budget was approved.

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

abbreviation

(in the us) department of defense.

adjective

Made of or lined with a soft, warm fabric.

Usage examples:

A fleecy sweatshirt

adjective

Soft and like a sheep's wool, or looking like this

Usage examples:

Fleecy clouds

adjective

Covered with fur.

Usage examples:

Furry creatures in fields

noun

An enthusiast for animal characters with human characteristics, in particular a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar online.

Usage examples:

A growing community of furries

adjective

Covered with fur, or feeling or looking like fur

Usage examples:

A furry animal, she was wearing her bathrobe and pink, furry slippers.

adjective

Having a frizzy texture or appearance.

Usage examples:

Fuzzy fake-fur throw pillows

adjective

Not clear or not easily heard, seen, or understood

Usage examples:

Is the picture always fuzzy on your tv?, the basic facts of the story are starting to emerge though…

adjective

Risky; dangerous.

Usage examples:

We work in hazardous conditions

adjective

Dangerous and involving risk, especially to someone's health

Usage examples:

Hazardous industries/materials/substances

adjective

Involving greater than usual financial risk

Usage examples:

A high-risk loan/mortgage the bank is now very reluctant to make high-risk loans to individuals wit…

adjective

Involving a greater than usual amount of risk

Usage examples:

Only people who can afford to lose their money should make high-risk investments.

adjective

Hairy.

Usage examples:

Their hirsute chests

adjective

Having a lot of hair, especially on the face or body

adjective

Full of uncertainty; doubtful.

Usage examples:

The prospect for classes resuming next wednesday seems iffy

adjective

Full of danger or risk.

Usage examples:

A perilous journey south

adjective

Of, relating to, or consisting of hair.

adjective

Covered with long soft hairs.

Usage examples:

Though they emphasized some within-plant variation of leaf pubescence, cotton cultivars are usually…

adjective

Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Usage examples:

A precarious ladder

adjective

In danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm

Usage examples:

I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view., the vase was precariously perched on a …

adjective

Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss.

Usage examples:

It was much too risky to try to disarm him

adjective

Involving the possibility that something bad might happen or that something will fail or lose money

Usage examples:

Even over the long run, stocks are risky., a risky asset/investment, the travel sector is risky for…

adjective

(of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt.

Usage examples:

The mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

Covered with stubble.

Usage examples:

A stubbly chin

adjective

(of a person) sensitive to being tickled.

Usage examples:

I'm ticklish on the feet

adjective

Having an uncertain, and possibly bad result

Usage examples:

At one point, the operation was touch-and-go.

noun

A manoeuvre in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing and immediately takes off again.

Usage examples:

I tried a few touch-and-goes

adjective

(of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward.

Usage examples:

Applying eyeliner can be a tricky business

adjective

(of a piece of work or a problem) difficult to deal with and needing careful attention or skill

Usage examples:

Removing scar tissue can be a very tricky operation., he’s a tricky fellow – you can’t always trust…

adjective

Not able to be relied on; not known or definite.

Usage examples:

An uncertain future

adjective

Unclear, or not sure

Usage examples:

She faces an uncertain future., we’re uncertain of the cause of death., [ u ] they live in uncertai…

adjective

Unlucky, inauspicious, or dangerous.

Usage examples:

It would be indefensible, and even perhaps unchancy, to let him pay

adjective

Not able to be predicted; changeable.

Usage examples:

The unpredictable weather of the scottish islands

adjective

Tending to change suddenly and without reason or warning, and therefore not able to be depended on

Usage examples:

Unpredictable weather, the world is pretty unpredictable.

adjective

If something is unpredictable, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, so cannot be planned for

Usage examples:

To protect it from the unpredictable nature of software sales, the company has adopted a new busine…

adjective

Not safe; dangerous.

Usage examples:

Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe

adjective

Dangerous, or at risk

Usage examples:

The bridge is closed because it’s unsafe., carol feels unsafe in planes.

adjective

Not having recently shaved or been shaved.

Usage examples:

Mark was unshaven and looked exhausted

adjective

Not having had the hair removed

Usage examples:

An unshaven chin/man

adjective

Not cut or shorn.

Usage examples:

The men left their locks unshorn

adjective

A sheep or other animal that is unshorn has not had its wool or hair cut off

Usage examples:

The sheep were left unshorn in this study., shorn and unshorn animals were divided for the trial., …

adjective

Made of wool.

Usage examples:

A red woolly hat

noun

A garment made of wool, especially a pullover.

Usage examples:

Bargain hunters snapped up everything from winter woollies to suits and evening wear.

adjective

Made of wool, or made of something that looks like wool

Usage examples:

A woolly hat/jumper, it's the woolly thinking behind the book that i find so infuriating., i can't …