Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a head of hair that is thick, bushy, and stands out in a disheveled or untidy mass.

Usage

• The adjective shock-headed is used to describe a person, typically in a literary or descriptive context, whose hair is very thick, unruly, and stands up or out from the head in a noticeable, often untidy, way.
• It often carries a neutral or mildly descriptive tone, though it can imply a lack of grooming.

Examples

• The shock-headed boy ran through the field, his hair wild in the wind.
• In the old portrait, he appeared as a shock-headed youth with a defiant look.
• She tried to comb the hair of the shock-headed toddler.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Literary Use: The term is more common in literary descriptions than in everyday conversation. It paints a vivid picture of a character's appearance.
  • The detective in the novel was a tall, shock-headed man with piercing eyes.

Variants and Related Words

• Shock (noun): In this context, a thick, bushy mass of hair.
  • He had a great shock of white hair.
• Shock-haired (adjective): A less common variant with the same meaning as shock-headed.
• Disheveled (adjective): (Of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered. This is a more general synonym.

Synonyms

• Bushy-haired: Having thick, full hair.
• Unkempt: (Especially of hair) not neatly combed or arranged.
• Tousle-haired: Having untidy or disarranged hair.

Antonyms

• Neat-haired: Having tidy, well-groomed hair.
• Well-coiffed: Having carefully styled hair.

Adjective

1. having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair
   • shock-headed teenagers