TIME TO GET THE RIGHT Words used to describe the state of people's hair

bad hair day

a day when your hair looks untidy and you do not feel attractive

bald

with little or no hair on your head

balding

beginning to lose your hair

body

a thick healthy appearance of your hair

bouffant

bouffant hair is arranged in a style that lifts it away from your head

bristly

bristly hair is short and rough

bushy

bushy hair or fur is very thick

close-cropped

cut very short

coiffed

coiffed hair has been carefully arranged in a special style

coiffured

coiffured hair has been carefully arranged in a special style

crinkly

crinkly hair is rough and curly

curl

the way that someone’s hair grows in curls

disheveled

an American spelling of dishevelled

dishevelled

if you are dishevelled, your hair and clothes do not look tidy

flowing

flowing clothes or hair hang in an attractive way

flyaway

flyaway hair is very thin and soft, so that it is difficult to keep in a tidy hairstyle

frizz

the condition of hair that has very small tight stiff curls

frizzy

frizzy hair has small tight stiff curls

fuzzy

covered with short soft hairs or fibres like hair

gloss

the shiny and attractive appearance of something, especially someone’s hair

hairless

with no hair

hairy

with a lot of hair

lank

lank hair is thin and straight

loose

if your hair is loose, it is not tied in position

luxuriant

 luxuriant hair is thick and healthy

matted

matted hair or fur is twisted or stuck together and usually dirty

nappy

nappy hair is tightly curled or twisted. This word is used especially by black people.

scraggly

scraggly hair is untidy and does not look clean or healthy

shaggy

long, thick, and untidy

shoulder-length

shoulder-length hair reaches down to your shoulders

slaphead

 an insulting way of referring to a man who is bald

sleek

sleek fur or hair is smooth and shiny

spiky

spiky hair sticks up

split ends

a condition in which the ends of your hair are split into two or more parts

straight

straight hair has no curls or waves

swept-back

swept-back hair is brushed away from your forehead

thick

thick hair or fur is made of many small hairs growing very close together

thin

thin hair, fur, or plants do not look solid because there are spaces between the individual hairs or leaves

tidy

tidy hair, clothes etc look good because they are arranged in a nice way

tousled

tousled hair looks untidy in an attractive way

unkempt

dirty and untidy

wavy

a wavy line or wavy hair has a lot of waves or curls in it

wind-blown

looking untidy because of being blown around by the wind

windswept

someone who is windswept looks untidy because their clothes and hair have been blown around by a strong wind

wiry

wiry hair or grass is stiff and rough

blow-dried

braided

fuzziness

hairiness

lankly

lankness

luxuriantly

shagginess

tonsured

waviness

down to

used for saying how long someone’s hair is or how long their clothes are

thin on top

losing your hair

WHICH ONE IS YOUR ?

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