haired
Americanadjective
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having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
dark-haired; long-haired.
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New England (chiefly Maine). angry, annoyed, or upset (often followed byup ).
Don't get haired up over his insults.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of haired
Example Sentences
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"Joy, abundance of spirit, infectious laughter. A titan of a ginger haired man."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
There is Kyle Troup, the ginger haired “Pro with the Fro” — “I guess I’m the Bob Ross of bowling,” he says, though you may also think of Richard Simmons — clownish, with colorful dress.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
You may snigger that the fluffy haired and sequin-loving singer-songwriter is a cheesy anti-poet, fixating on such mortal lines as “No one heard at all, not even the chair.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Norman, the 50-pound and coarsely haired guest, snoozed within the plastic walls of his igloo-shaped shelter in mid-November.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023
The couple sitting there, one light haired and one dark, had their backs to me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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