hatted

Thân thiện

Two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved, walk arm in arm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wearing a hat: Describes a person who has a hat on their head.
   • Of a specified hat type: Describes a person wearing a particular kind of hat, often specified by a preceding noun (e.g., top-hatted).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The wedding guests were all smartly hatted.
  • A photograph of a hatted gentleman from the 1920s.
  • The hatted figure in the distance was hard to recognize.

Advanced Usage

• Compound Adjectives: Often used in combination with a noun to specify the type of hat.
  • The bearskin-hatted guards stood motionless. (Wearing a bearskin hat)
  • She was a wide-brimmed-hatted silhouette against the sun. (Wearing a wide-brimmed hat)

Variants and Related Words

• Hat (n): A shaped covering for the head.
• Unhatted (adj): Not wearing a hat.
• Hatter (n): A person who makes or sells hats.

Synonyms

• Capped: Wearing a cap.
• Toqued: Wearing a toque (a type of hat).

Antonyms

• Bareheaded: Having no covering on the head.
• Unhatted: Not wearing a hat.

Notes on Usage

• Formality: The word is somewhat formal or literary and is often used in descriptive writing.
• Position: Typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'was').
• Specificity: When used alone, it simply means 'wearing a hat'. For more specific meaning, it forms a compound adjective (e.g., ).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind
   • two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved
   • a bearskin-hatted sentry