bearded
BEER-dihd
Bearded (adj) means having a beard. Example: “A tall, bearded man answered the door.”
adj
1
Having a beard.
"Down below that in the Great River, now at its coldest hour, the heads and shoulders of the nymphs, and the great weedy-bearded head of the river-god, rose from the water."
— C. S. Lewis (1951)
"A tall, bearded man answered the door."
How to use bearded
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHaving facial hair — describes a person (or sometimes an animal or plant) with a beard-like feature.
Common pairings
a bearded man
a well-bearded face
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Word forms
- Comparative
- more bearded
- Superlative
- most bearded
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English berded, either descending from Old English ġebearded or coined afresh in Middle English; by surface analysis it is beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”) and archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).
Synonyms
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whiskery
whiskered
barbate
bewhiskered
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What does “bearded” mean?
The word “bearded” means having a beard. In plain terms, having facial hair — describes a person (or sometimes an animal or plant) with a beard-like feature.
How do you pronounce “bearded”?
“Bearded” is pronounced BEER-dihd (/ˈbɪɹdəd/ in IPA).
How do you use “bearded” in a sentence?
Here is “bearded” used in a sentence: “A tall, bearded man answered the door.”
What is the opposite of “bearded”?
The opposite of “bearded” — its antonyms — is beardless.
What part of speech is “bearded”?
“Bearded” is an adjective.
Is “bearded” a common word?
“Bearded” is an uncommon word in modern English, usually learned at around the C1 level.
