Meanings
alternative unshaved
- not comparableNot having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
When Handy had gone, Bert Barricue sagged in, unwashed, unshaven. He sat down stiffly.
1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 1062 more examples
He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2 - figurativelynot comparableUnkempt.
The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot shaved
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishshaven
- Englishunshaven
Translations
Bulgarian небръснат, брадясал
- небръснат (nebrăsnat)not having shaved
- брадясал (bradjasal)not having shaved
Czech neoholený
- neoholenýnot having shaved
Danish ubarberet
- ubarberetnot having shaved
Finnish ajamaton, ajamatta
- ajamatonnot having shaved
- ajamattanot having shaved
- sänkinennot having shaved
German unrasiert
- unrasiertnot having shaved
Greek αξύριστος
- αξύριστος (axýristos)not having shaved
Hungarian borotválatlan, borostás
- borotválatlannot having shaved
- borostásnot having shaved
Latin intonsus, irrasus
- intonsusnot having shaved
- irrasusnot having shaved
Norwegian Bokmål ubarbert
- ubarbertnot having shaved
Polish nieogolony
- nieogolonynot having shaved
Russian небри́тый
- небри́тый (nebrítyj)not having shaved
Spanish desafeitado
- desafeitadonot having shaved
Swedish orakad
- orakadnot having shaved
Ukrainian него́лений, небри́тий
- него́лений (nehólenyj)not having shaved
- небри́тий (nebrýtyj)not having shaved
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unshaven
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