Designing Your Character & Other Handy Things

Hair Styles/States

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

Kinky

Kinky hair is tightly curled or twisted. This word is used especially to describe black womens hair.

scraggly