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frizzy

[friz-ee] / ˈfrɪz i /
ADJECTIVE
curly
Synonyms


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But in a 1989 profile by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, he has frizzy hair and rougher features.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

With her long, frizzy hair, musicality and earth-mother vibe, Ms. King fit in, though she was comparatively unfree, being “a single mother when most of the women around her were not.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

In Brooks' full statement later that night, it stated that the attacker's hair was "long, over his ears and it was frizzy and stuck out at the sides".

From BBC Jun. 26, 2023

The other, Sammi Hanratty, portraying the marvelously weird Misty, knelt behind, her frizzy blond hair aglow, bringing unspeakable news from beyond the cabin’s walls.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2023

Her hair, which Henrietta once spent hours combing and braiding, is frizzy, with thick mats that stop just below the five-foot mark behind her.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“It’s curlier and frizzier and I love it,” Kouatchou said.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2021

If you have frizzy hair, the brush element is key if you want to blow-dry your hair without making it into an even frizzier mess.

From Slate May 14, 2019

Needless to say, the dye job did not help matters: This summer, my bob is thirstier, frizzier, and generally more pissed off than ever before.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2018

Holding on to the hair means it can’t fly around and become frizzier.

From The Guardian Jul. 16, 2015

Her hair grew even frizzier because she kept running her hands through it in frustration.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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