Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black-haired

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: black--haired
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having hair of a black color.

Example Sentences

"Aline looked even smaller and blacker-haired than usual, beside Ashley."
"Then, the voice of the oldest of the Lay brothers, the leader of the pack, the tallest, the blackest-haired, the bluest-eyed."
"He smiled, remembering the morning when Esteban and Gregorio, two of his darkest-eyed, blackest-haired and most sunburnt men, had come to him with a daring plan that he’d immediately sanctioned."

Etymology

From black + haired.

Inflected Forms

more black-haired (comparative) blacker-haired (comparative) most black-haired (superlative) blackest-haired (superlative)

Synonyms

noirette dark-haired brown-haired

Rhymes With

compared prepared shared scared cared aired paired repaired haired spared stared dared

Questions

What does black-haired mean?: Having hair of a black color.
Where does black-haired come from?: From black + haired.

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