blow-dried

adjective

Looking well-groomed, but superficial or vacuous.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of blow-dry
adjectiveblow-dried (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLooking well-groomed, but superficial or vacuous.

    Just then, a middle-aged, blow-dried villain—the usual opera-star face, woozy with loot and mother-love—urged a neon redhead past our table, our good table, to which Fielding had been instantly and officiously steered.

    1984, Martin Amis, chapter 3, in Money: A Suicide Note, Jonathan Cape
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APA

blow-dried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow-dried

MLA

“blow-dried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow-dried. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blow-dried,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blow-dried.

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