bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially
: being thick and spreading
Examples of bushy in a Sentence
an animal with a bushy tail
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Wisps of gray ran through the bushy beard radiating from his face.
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Eric Ducker, New York Times, 13 May 2024
His bushy cowboy mustache and lanky frame were instantly recognizable from across the often-crowded bar.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
Six foot one and awkward and imposing, the blunt yet affable middle-aged geneticist had broad shoulders, a hefty mustache, and a prominent bald forehead that forced his bushy eyebrows downward at the seeming expense of his eyes.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One day, on Chardy’s arrival at the airport in Havana, an official recognized him, placing his fingers over his eyes to indicate that the journalist’s bushy eyebrows gave him away.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
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Eric Ducker, New York Times, 13 May 2024
His bushy cowboy mustache and lanky frame were instantly recognizable from across the often-crowded bar.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
Six foot one and awkward and imposing, the blunt yet affable middle-aged geneticist had broad shoulders, a hefty mustache, and a prominent bald forehead that forced his bushy eyebrows downward at the seeming expense of his eyes.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One day, on Chardy’s arrival at the airport in Havana, an official recognized him, placing his fingers over his eyes to indicate that the journalist’s bushy eyebrows gave him away.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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bushy
adjective
bushier; bushiest
1
: overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush : being thick and spreading
a bushy beard
bushiness
noun
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