Now I have curly hair, because I had a perm.
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Curly
//ˈkɝli//
Synonyms for "curly" (8 found)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- مجعد adj (having curls)
- ملولو adj (having curls)
- مُجَعَد adj (having curls)
- كرلي noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Armenian
4 entries- գանգուր adj (having curls)
- խուճուճ adj (having curls)
- գանգուր noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
- խուճուճ noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Bashkir
1 entries- бөҙрә adj (having curls)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вълни́ст adj (having curls)
- къдра́в adj (having curls)
Catalan
1 entries- arrissat adj (having curls)
Cebuano
1 entries- kulot adj (having curls)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 捲曲的 /卷曲的 adj (having curls)
Czech
3 entries- kudrnatý adj (having curls)
- vlnitý adj (having curls)
- kudrnáč noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Danish
2 entries- krøllet adj (having curls)
- krøltop noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Dutch
3 entries- krullerig adj (having curls)
- krullig adj (having curls)
- krullenbol noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Esperanto
1 entries- bukla adj (having curls)
Finnish
4 entries- kiemurteleva adj (having curls)
- kihara adj (having curls)
- kiharainen adj (having curls)
- kiharapää noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
French
4 entries- bouclé adj (having curls)
- courbe adj ((typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes))
- courbé adj ((typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes))
- frisé adj (having curls)
Galician
4 entries- crecho adj (having curls)
- crespo adj (having curls)
- rizo adj (having curls)
- crecha noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Georgian
4 entries- გრუზა adj (having curls)
- ტალღისებრი adj (having curls)
- ტალღოვანი adj (having curls)
- ხვეული adj (having curls)
German
3 entries- lockig adj (having curls)
- Lockenkopf noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
- Wuschelkopf noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Greek
1 entries- κατσαρός adj (having curls)
Hebrew
2 entries- מתולתל adj (having curls)
- מתולתלת adj (having curls)
Higaonon
1 entries- kulut adj (having curls)
Hungarian
3 entries- göndör adj (having curls)
- kapcsos adj ((typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes))
- kunkorodó adj ((typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes))
Ingrian
1 entries- käherä adj (having curls)
Irish
4 entries- casta adj (having curls)
- catach adj (having curls)
- coirníneach adj (having curls)
- catachán noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Italian
2 entries- arricciato adj (having curls)
- riccioluto noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Japanese
1 entries- 巻き毛の adj (having curls)
Khmer
1 entries- រួញ adj (having curls)
Latin
1 entries- crispus adj (having curls)
Macedonian
1 entries- кадрав adj (having curls)
Malay
3 entries- kerinting adj (having curls)
- keriting adj (having curls)
- pepuah adj (having curls)
Manx
3 entries- cassagagh adj (having curls)
- cast adj (having curls)
- keshagagh adj (having curls)
Middle English
1 entries- crisp adj (having curls)
Māori
4 entries- makaka adj (having curls)
- mingi adj (having curls)
- mingimingi adj (having curls)
- māwhai adj (having curls)
Polish
4 entries- kręcony adj (having curls)
- kędzierzawy adj (having curls)
- kręconowłosy noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
- kędzierzawy noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Portuguese
2 entries- cacheado adj (having curls)
- encaracolado noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Romanian
1 entries- creț adj (having curls)
Russian
4 entries- волни́стый adj (having curls)
- вью́щийся adj (having curls)
- кудря́вый adj (having curls)
- курча́вый adj (having curls)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- bachalach adj (having curls)
- bachlach adj (having curls)
- bachlagach adj (having curls)
- cuaileanach adj (having curls)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kovrčav adj (having curls)
- коврчав adj (having curls)
Sicilian
2 entries- ricciulinu adj (having curls)
- rizzu adj (having curls)
Spanish
4 entries- chino adj (having curls)
- crespo adj (having curls)
- rizado adj (having curls)
- rizado noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Swedish
2 entries- krullig adj (having curls)
- lockig adj (having curls)
Turkish
2 entries- cingelek adj (having curls)
- kıvırcık adj (having curls)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кучеря́вий adj (having curls)
- хвиля́стий adj (having curls)
Vietnamese
3 entries- quăn adj (having curls)
- xoăn adj (having curls)
- người tóc xoăn noun (a person or animal with curly hair)
Yiddish
1 entries- געקרײַזלט adj (having curls)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Her hair is naturally curly.
Source: tatoeba (309639)
Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.
Source: tatoeba (327867)
Most of the Melanesians living in Papua New Guinea have very curly hair, don't they?
Source: tatoeba (329459)
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