bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially
: being thick and spreading
Examples of bushy in a Sentence
an animal with a bushy tail
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The 30-year-old said that the whirlwind experience — being traded, shaving his bushy beard, disappointing his new team and getting demoted in less than a week’s time — taught him a lot about himself.
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Myersii) is sometimes called foxtail fern due to its soft, surrogate leaves known as cladodes, each of which resembles a bushy, vulpine rear appendage.
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The fashion for bushy beards, and beards’ association with authentic manliness, has followed this same trajectory from irony to earnestness during its various resurgences since the early 19th century.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Myersii) is sometimes called foxtail fern due to its soft, surrogate leaves known as cladodes, each of which resembles a bushy, vulpine rear appendage.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
The fashion for bushy beards, and beards’ association with authentic manliness, has followed this same trajectory from irony to earnestness during its various resurgences since the early 19th century.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Lavender Tea Lavender is an evergreen, bushy plant native to Mediterranean climates, known for its sweet aroma.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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bushy
adjective
bushier; bushiest
1
: overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush : being thick and spreading
a bushy beard
bushiness
noun
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