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单词 cottony
释义

cottony

adjective

cot·​tony ˈkät-nē How to pronounce cottony (audio)
ˈkä-tᵊn-ē
: resembling cotton in appearance or character: such as
a
: covered with hairs or pubescence
b
: soft

Synonyms

  • bristly
  • brushy
  • fleecy
  • furred
  • furry
  • hairy
  • hirsute
  • rough
  • shaggy
  • silky
  • unshorn
  • woolly
  • wooly
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Example Sentences

The toys are stuffed with a cottony material. The flowers are small and cottony.
Recent Examples on the Web Buy medium eggplant that is not cottony or bruised. The View, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2022 Mealy bugs are distinguished by the white wax covering their body and egg sacs that give them a cottony appearance. oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019 The white, cottony look is due to a waxy coating that conceals the insects and their egg masses. Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

cottony

adjective

1
as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair that gray, cottony spot on the bread is mold

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shaggy
  • hairy
  • silky
  • fleecy
  • fluffy
  • woolly
  • furred
  • bristly
  • furry
  • brushy
  • wooly
  • hirsute
  • unshorn
  • downy
  • fuzzy
  • rough
  • bearded
  • whiskered
  • bewhiskered
  • stubbly
  • mustachioed
  • stubbled
  • linty
  • nappy
  • moustachioed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hairless
  • smooth
  • bald
  • glabrous
  • shorn
  • furless
  • shaven
  • shaved
  • beardless
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2
as in silky
smooth or delicate in appearance or feel fluffy, cottony hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • silky
  • satin
  • soft
  • downy
  • velvety
  • silken
  • satiny
  • silklike
  • creamy
  • velvetlike
  • chiffon
  • delicate
  • slick
  • fine
  • ultrasoft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • coarse
  • rough
  • harsh
  • lumpy
  • scratchy
  • jagged
  • irregular
  • bumpy
  • ragged
  • granular
  • jagged
  • pebbly
  • rugged
  • broken
  • grainy
  • gritty
  • roughened
  • scraggy
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