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
Recent Examples on the Web
His face framed by an adjoining walrus mustache and bushy goatee, brown hair falling to his shoulders, Barnett won his family’s adoration for his boisterous, infectious laugh, and kid-like sense of fun.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The medium-tall bushy shrub can be trained as a climber and has glossy foliage and very good disease resistance.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Put me on the 761 Sylmar bypassing the 405, taking Sepulveda instead, threading underneath the freeway and coming up into the craggy foothills of Bel-Air, the bushy chaparral harking back to the ecology of the land before the city.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The majority of the clearing has been bushy, understory vegetation and young trees.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
Bettmann From her feline flick to her bushy brows, much has been made of Audrey’s Hepburn’s iconic beauty look.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
His craggy Yankee face, bushy eyebrows, sharp blue eyes, jutting jaw, and rumpled, leonine mane flashed in the mind’s eye of poetry lovers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
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Nocturnal creature with bushy tail caught in a trap in Madagascar.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
The green can has a large outline of Kelce’s iconic bushy beard and eyebrows.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The medium-tall bushy shrub can be trained as a climber and has glossy foliage and very good disease resistance.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Put me on the 761 Sylmar bypassing the 405, taking Sepulveda instead, threading underneath the freeway and coming up into the craggy foothills of Bel-Air, the bushy chaparral harking back to the ecology of the land before the city.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The majority of the clearing has been bushy, understory vegetation and young trees.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
Bettmann From her feline flick to her bushy brows, much has been made of Audrey’s Hepburn’s iconic beauty look.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
His craggy Yankee face, bushy eyebrows, sharp blue eyes, jutting jaw, and rumpled, leonine mane flashed in the mind’s eye of poetry lovers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
Read Next ‘Large’ metallic creature — thought extinct for 100 years — rediscovered on island
February 02, 2024 5:25 PM
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Nocturnal creature with bushy tail caught in a trap in Madagascar.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
The green can has a large outline of Kelce’s iconic bushy beard and eyebrows.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of bushy was
in the 14th century
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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