mustached

Thân thiện

The barber carefully trimmed the man's mustached upper lip.

Definition

1. Adjective: Having a mustache; possessing hair grown on the upper lip.

Usage

The adjective "mustached" is used to describe a person (or sometimes an animal) that has a mustache. It is typically placed before the noun it modifies or used after a linking verb like "be." - He is a mustached man. - The detective in the story was tall and mustached.

Examples

• The portrait showed a stern, mustached gentleman from the 19th century.
• I was helped by a friendly, mustached bartender.
• Many soldiers in the old photograph were mustached.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Nuance: The word often carries a descriptive, sometimes slightly formal or literary tone, simply noting the presence of facial hair.
  • The mysterious stranger was a mustached figure in a dark coat.

Variants and Related Words

• Mustache (noun): The strip of hair grown on the upper lip.
• Mustachioed (adjective): An alternative, often more flamboyant or old-fashioned synonym for "mustached," sometimes implying a large or elaborate mustache.
  • The villain was a mustachioed tyrant.

Synonyms

• Bearded (though this specifically refers to a full beard, not just a mustache)
• Unshaven (more general, not specific to the upper lip)

Antonyms

• Clean-shaven
• Beardless

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a moustache

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mustachioed