whiskered

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adjective

Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.

“Michael's heavily whiskered face hadn't seen a razor in some days.”

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Meanings

adjectivewhiskered (comparative more whiskered, superlative most whiskered)

comparative more whiskered · superlative most whiskered

  1. Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.

    Michael's heavily whiskered face hadn't seen a razor in some days.

    1 more example

    Their attention was, however, too much taken up with their fellow-passengers: a whiskered, cloaked, and cigared youth, with every thing military about him but the air:...

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 256

    Synonyms: bewhiskered, whiskery

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePossessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving hair on the cheeks and chin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

French barbu
  • barbu1. Possessed of whiskers
German schnauzbärtig, schnurrbärtig
  • schnauzbärtig1. Possessed of whiskers
  • schnurrbärtig1. Possessed of whiskers
  • bärtig1. Possessed of whiskers
Scottish Gaelic ròibeanach
  • ròibeanach1. Possessed of whiskers

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APA

whiskered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whiskered

MLA

“whiskered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whiskered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whiskered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whiskered.

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