smooth-shaven
/'smu:ð'ʃeivn/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a face that is completely free of facial hair due to recent, close shaving: Describes a person, typically a man, whose skin, especially on the face, is very clean and without stubble because it has been shaved very closely and recently.
Usage
- This adjective is used to describe a person's appearance. It emphasizes the result of a very close shave, implying a clean, neat, and often polished look.
- It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'be' or 'look').
Examples
- Attributive use:
- The actor had a smooth-shaven look for his role as a corporate executive.
- He prefers a smooth-shaven chin to a beard.
- Predicative use:
- After his morning routine, his face was completely smooth-shaven.
- For the interview, make sure you are clean and smooth-shaven.
Advanced Usage
- The term can imply more than just the absence of hair; it often suggests a deliberate grooming choice associated with professionalism, formality, or a specific aesthetic.
- In many military traditions, being smooth-shaven is a requirement of the dress code.
Variants and Related Words
- Clean-shaven (adj): Very similar in meaning, often used interchangeably with 'smooth-shaven'. It emphasizes the absence of a beard or mustache.
- He looked younger when he was clean-shaven.
- Shaven (adj): The past participle of 'shave', used to indicate that hair has been removed by shaving. 'Smooth-shaven' is a more specific and emphatic form.
- His head was shaven.
Synonyms
- Clean-shaven: Having no beard or mustache; closely shaved.
- Beardless: Lacking a beard, which can be due to nature or shaving.
- Hairless: Lacking hair, though this is a more general term not specific to shaving.
Antonyms
- Bearded: Having a beard.
- Unshaven: Not shaved; having short hairs growing on the face.
- Stubbly: Covered with short, stiff hairs, especially after not shaving for a day or two.
Adjective
- closely shaved recently