with her hair frized short up to her ears
Source: wiktionary
Frizz
//fɹɪz//
Synonyms for "frizz" (41 found)
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Translations
17 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- къдрица noun (mass of hair)
- къдря verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
- накъдрям verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
Czech
3 entries- kudrliny noun (mass of hair)
- nakadeřit verb (to curl; to make frizzy)
- natočit verb (to curl; to make frizzy)
Finnish
4 entries- takku noun (mass of hair)
- kähertyä verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
- kähertää verb (to curl; to make frizzy)
- nukkaantua verb (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth)
German
4 entries- Krause noun (mass of hair)
- aufrauen verb (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth)
- kräuseln verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
- verwuscheln verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
Norman
1 entries- crêp'ler verb (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)
Polish
1 entries- baranek noun (mass of hair)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
Source: wiktionary
There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […]
Source: wiktionary
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