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SHAGGINESS

• SHAGGINESS (noun)
The noun SHAGGINESS has 2 senses:

1. unkemptness of hair
2. roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs

Familiarity information: SHAGGINESS used as a noun is rare.

• SHAGGINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Unkemptness of hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("shagginess" is a kind of...):

sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness (a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for)

Sense 2

shagginess ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("shagginess" is a kind of...):

raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

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Useful links:
Definition of roughness
Definition of unkemptness
Definition of raggedness
Pronunciation of sloppiness
Definition of slovenliness

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