shaggy

Other forms of shaggy

comparative or superlative

shaggier

comparative or superlative

shaggiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shaggy

What does shaggy mean?

shaggy means "used of hair; thick and poorly groomed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shaggy?

shaggy has 2 syllables: shag-gy. The stress falls on "shag". In IPA it is /ˈʃæɡi/.

What is another word for shaggy?

Close synonyms include bushy, shaggy-haired, shaggy-coated, shagged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shaggy a common word?

shaggy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.