Definition

Adjective: 1. Having whiskers; having hair on the cheeks and chin: Describes a person or animal that has grown noticeable whiskers, which are the hairs that grow on a man's face or on the muzzle of an animal like a cat or mouse. 2. Characterized by or furnished with whiskers: Used to indicate the defining feature of having such facial or muzzle hair.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old sailor had a kind, whiskered face.
  • We adopted a whiskered kitten from the shelter.
  • The portrait showed a distinguished, whiskered gentleman from the 19th century.

Advanced Usage

• "Whiskered" as an attributive adjective: Often used directly before a noun to describe its appearance.
  • The scientist studied the behavior of the whiskered bat.
• Used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a specific, often quaint or distinguished, image.
  • He was a figure from a bygone era, always seen in his whiskered dignity.

Variants and Related Words

• Whisker (n): A single long, stiff hair growing from the face or snout of an animal; also, colloquially, a very small distance or margin (e.g., "He won by a whisker").
• Whiskers (n, plural): The hair growing on a man's face, especially on the cheeks; the long, stiff hairs near the mouth of an animal like a cat or rat.
• Unwhiskered (adj): Lacking whiskers; clean-shaven or smooth-faced.

Synonyms

• Bearded: Having a growth of hair on the cheeks and chin (typically implies a fuller beard than "whiskered").
• Bewhiskered: Having whiskers; a more formal or literary synonym.
• Mustachioed: Having a mustache (specifically refers to hair on the upper lip).

Antonyms

• Clean-shaven: Having the hair of the face shaved off.
• Smooth-faced: Having a face without hair or a beard.

Adjective

1. having hair on the cheeks and chin