Meanings
- not comparableHaving tufts.
1 more example
Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of rose-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCSynonyms: tufty
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of tuft
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving tufts.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
adjective(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Irish badánach, cuircíneach
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Italian cespuglioso
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Māori wekuweku
- wekuwekuTranslations
Turkish tepeli
- tepeliTranslations
Cite this entry
tufted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tufted
“tufted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tufted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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